Director of Horticulture
Maymont Foundation
1984-present
Co-Host of Virginia Home Grown
PBS WCVE, Community Idea Stations
2012- present
Ms. Peggy M. Singlemann graduated from the State University of New York at Cobleskill with a degree in Horticulture and is a Certified Nurseryman through the Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association. She earned her North American Certificate in Horticulture through the American Public Garden Association, of which she is a member. She is a member of the Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, the Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers and the Southern Garden History Society. She is a past board member with Trees Virginia and with the Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association.
Since 1984 Ms. Singlemann has been the Director of Horticulture at the Maymont Foundation in Richmond, Virginia. Maymont is a 100-acre Victorian estate, willed to the City of Richmond for use as a public park. Along with the pastoral grounds and formal gardens, Maymont has native Virginia wildlife exhibits and a Children’s Farm. It is managed by the Maymont Foundation, a non-profit organization. As Director of Horticulture Ms. Singlemann is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of a formal Italian Garden, a 4-acre Japanese Stroll Garden, annual and perennial borders, native plant areas, as well as the Arboretum that encompasses Maymont’s 100 acres.
Ms. Singlemann lectures throughout the mid-Atlantic region and has been published in local and national periodicals such American Nurseryman, Horticulture, and Virginia Gardener. She tweets and has a blog on Maymont’s website as well as the website of WCVE’s Community Idea Stations Virginia Home Grown. Peggy recently judged the Christmas Decorations at Colonial Williamsburg. She was recently recognized by the Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association with a scholarship named in her honor.