Matthew Ross

Longwood Gardens

Director of Continuing Education

• Oversees the development of more than 170 education programs annually in ornamental horticulture, landscape design and other professional courses for the horticulture industry.
• Developed the Vermicomposting Lesson for Ted-Ed video which has nearly 285,000 YouTube views and has sparked discussion online and in an adapted format for schools.

Gotta Have’em! “I cannot live without my camera; it goes everywhere with me … and pizza! It would be really tough to live in a world without it.”

Ross Family Lore: “There is a long running story in my family that my grandfather’s cousin was a gardener for Walt Disney. I’d love to one day confirm this.”