Susan Buis
Principal, Sound Native Plants
Email Address: susan@soundnativeplants.com
Phone: 360-352-4122
Susan Buis is co-founder and co-owner of Sound Native Plants, an Olympia
company that provides the full spectrum of restoration services including
design, installation, native plant propagation, maintenance, and monitoring. Before founding her company in 1992, she worked for Yosemite and Olympic National Parks, where she developed and managed restoration projects and native plant propagation protocols. Currently, she is the horticulturist for the WA State Dept. of Transportation, where she serves as the agency's in-house consultant for plant establishment.
Ms. Buis has been teaching workshops in restoration design and installation
to professional groups and agencies since 1996 and has published articles on creating restoration specifications in Hortus West and in Native Plant
Journal.