Shades of Green has a great staff of certified professionals ready and willing to help you succeed. We'll answer your questions and help you select the best plants for your location or project. Whether it's a small flower bed or an entire landscape, we can provide the knowledge and service necessary for you to enjoy your lawn and garden.
Meet Our Owner: Jeff McCauley
Jeff always knew he wanted to work with plants: he started his horticulture career at age 15 with a job in a retail garden center in Dallas. While earning his horticulture degree at Texas A&M, he started Shades of Green as a lawn mowing company with his friend and business partner, Rob Weir. It grew from there into the full-service plant nursery, garden center, and landscaping service you know today as Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape.
With more than 40 years of experience, Jeff knows Texas native plants and is an expert in drought-tolerant landscaping.
Meet The Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape Team
Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape thrives because of our incredible team! They're friendly and knowledgeable, and they love helping our Frisco-area clients create beautiful, sustainable outdoor spaces.
Jarratt Calvert
Operations Manager
Though he grew up in a family of farmers, he didn't know he'd be in the horticulture business until he married Rebecca McCauley—the daughter of our owner, Jeff! Now he keeps our entire operation running smoothly, working behind the scenes to ensure every one of our customers is satisfied and is a Texas Certified Nursery Professional.
Robin Roberts
Nursery Manager
A Texas Master Certified Nursery Professional, Robin has been in the horticulture business for more than 30 years. At the age of eight, he grew such beautiful pumpkins that he was featured with them in the local newspaper! We love having Robin's extensive experience at work in the plant nursery.
Charlie Buys
Assistant Nursery Manager
With 23 years of industry experience, Charley has served in almost every role here at Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape. Reach out to him with all your plant questions—he has extensive plant knowledge and is happy to share.
Elizabeth Zoll
Assistant Nursery Manager
She's already a Texas Certified Nursery Professional and is working toward becoming a Certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor. (She's also a yoga instructor!) Though born in Oklahoma, she was raised in North Texas, and she has a passion for the many plants that grow here.
Rebecca Calvert
Landscape Assistant
Proud to be part of the family business, Rebecca loves working outside with her dad, Jeff, husband, Jarratt, and the rest of the Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape team. Her son, Cooper, is a frequent visitor to the garden center, too!
Tim Wardell
Marketing Coordinator
Tim, a Texas Certified Nursery Professional and Certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor, was born and raised in Texas and has been gardening for most of his life. He has a degree in communications from SMU, and he handles all our advertising, social media, and online content.
Frank Baide
Landscape Foreman
Frank has been with Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape for 24 years and counting! He oversees the crew to ensure every landscape installation comes out the way Jeff designs them.
Lillian Flint
Nursery Staff
Lillian joined us in 2016, though she started working in plant nurseries a couple of years before that. She took what she's learned and created her own beautiful backyard garden! She's great at plant diagnosis, and she's one of our specialists when it comes to houseplants and container gardens.
Sarah Gordon
Nursery Staff
With a B.S. in Horticulture from the University of Mississippi, Sarah started her career in floral design before taking her first job at a plant nursery in Louisiana. She learned a lot from the lead landscape designer there, and we're happy to have her on our team at Shades of Green Nursery + Landscape.
Ashley Poteete
Nursery Staff
Ashley grew up in Frisco, TX and learned a lot about native plants from her grandmother, a Master Gardener. She recently earned a B.S. in horticulture from Texas A&M and is especially passionate about container gardening and design.
Melvin
Tree Foreman
Bio Coming Soon!
Stop By Our Garden Center or Call For More Information
We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your yard and landscaping projects. Feel free to call us any time, or simply stop by! Most of the year we're open seven days a week for your convenience, and we'd love to send you home with some plants that are truly suited to the environment here in Frisco, Texas.
