OUR STORY
Since 2017, the dedicated and close-knit team at Boreal Bioscapes has been creating one-of-a-kind outdoor spaces using sustainable practices, extensive horticultural knowledge and artistic design principles. We are committed to providing you with gardens and landscapes of impeccable quality.
Interested in joining our team? Contact info@borealbioscapes.com for current opportunities.
Meet The Team
Boreal Bioscapes founder Claire Kaufman is an Alaskan Master Gardener with over 20 years of design, horticulture and project management experience.
Claire is a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and has trained under prominent British designer Duncan Heather. She has worked in both the commercial and non-profit garden sectors, along with instructing college-level courses in soil and environmental sciences.
Claire is a current Board Member and Past President at the Alaska Botanical Garden. When she is not busy working with clients, Claire enjoys experimenting with new plants and techniques in her own garden.
Lead Gardener Auz Perez has been with Boreal Bioscapes for three years and is an expert at garden and landscape maintenance. He has experience installing gardens, lawns and trees. He enjoys continuously learning and applying new techniques in his gardening practice.
Auz's favorite vegetables are beets and peppers (he grew up in Texas). His favorite aspects of gardening are seeing the fruits of his labors and spending time outdoors.
Lead Gardener Russell Porsley, has been with Boreal Bioscapes for two years. He brings great visual imagination, along with considerable experience playing with different colors and textures. As the former Garden Center lead at Alaska Mill and Feed, Russell looks forward to continuing to inspire others to enjoy and appreciate gardening.
Russell's favorite aspects of gardening are the sense of awe that gardens can inspire, along with the stories they can tell.
Gardener Elizabeth Cotter has been with Boreal Bioscapes for three years. She brings hard work and detail-oriented teamwork skills to the Boreal Bioscapes crew.
She is interested in improving her knowledge about how to care for native plants and revive plants that are struggling to grow.
Gardener David Jenkins has been with Boreal Bioscapes for two years. He brings both personal and employment-related gardening experience to the team, having worked in a local greenhouse, on the Alaska State Fair garden crew, and in his own home garden. He hopes to broaden his gardening knowledge and interact with others who share a love of plants.
David's favorite aspects of gardening are the beauty and biodiversity of plants, as well as the creativity that can be expressed within the space of a garden. David's expertise as a photographer can be seen in a number of the images found in the Portfolio section.
Gardener Sharika Elahi is the newest addition to the Boreal Bioscapes team. She brings years of field work and plant care experience, as well as knowledge and love for many different plants. She hopes to deepen her relationships with Alaskan plants this season.
Sharika's favorite plant is hard to choose, but she has a soft spot in her heart for Monarda fistulosa (Bee balm) - its seed head is so cool and the plant itself smells incredible. Her favorite aspect of gardening is getting her hands into the dirt!