Specializing in designing with native plants, desert cottage garden style, container design, and edibles, Michele Chambliss is a "plant-driven" garden designer, native Las Vegan, and author of Designing with the Desert: A Thoughtful Approach to Desert Garden Design. 

An American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Certified Horticulturist who has been awarded Best of Houzz for the past eight years, she was also a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) for 2 years.

Michele completed contractor and landscape architecture internships while attending Diablo Valley College's Landscape Design program. She designed, installed, and maintained gardens in Louisiana and California before eventually returning to her hometown of Las Vegas, where she worked as an in-house designer for a local high-end design/build landscape company.

She has worked in many facets of horticulture for 25 years, from maintenance to design, has been quoted regularly in Homes & Gardens magazine, and has presented to local garden clubs, including the Nevada Urban Agricultural Conference.

Inspired by the beauty of the desert and native plants, she started Perennial Garden Consultants in 2015: consulting, coaching, and designing for the 21st century while blogging and publishing a quarterly ezine, Designer's Notebook. She encourages Master Gardeners, novices, long-time residents and newcomers alike to think about their Eastern Mojave Desert outdoor spaces in a new way!