Diane Cassidy

Vacant Lots Farm Club

Diane is a designer, flower enthusiast, and daydreamer. Her career has been dedicated to design creativity, best practices, and operational excellence. After a decade at a multi-disciplinary design firm she have worked on over a million square feet of interior design projects while leading teams and clients of many sizes.

Now, as Creative Director of Gorilla Gardener, and Co-founder of Vacant Lots Farm Club, Diane is turning 15 years of design experience towards nature. A novice green thumb turned permaculture nerd, she have recently pivoted her focus to nature based design solutions that echo the wise words of Bill Mollison “Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”

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