Sean McManus

Sean McManus

Gardening/Landscaping Expert
Sean McManus
Gardening/Landscaping Expert
Sean McManus, co-owner of Spoken Garden, is a garden content creator, author, inventor, and professional speaker together with his wife, Allison. He loves teaching about all kinds of plant and flower care, garden care, and more. Gardening in Washington state, zone 8b, together they teach first-time to more experienced gardeners through their Spoken Garden YouTube channel, their quick “DIY Garden Minute” podcast, social media, their Spoken Garden website, & their book “The First-time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers" published by Cool Springs Press. They're inventors of The Little Dibby and The Dibby XL (winner of the 2023 NGB 'Green Thumb Award') dual-purpose garden tools for seed-sowing and seedling transplanting. Sean, the horticulturist on the team and designer of the Dibby tools, started gardening at the age of 5 propagating and growing plants at his parents' rhododendron farm in Olympia, WA. His love of plants led to his study of Environmental Horticulture at Washington State University where he earned both a Bachelor's ('00) and Master's ('04). His previous horticulture experience included assistant greenhouse grower, teacher assistant, research assistant, research associate, grounds maintenance, and project coordinator.

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