MEET THE CURRENT TEAM
GENERAL GARDEN MANAGER - ANY PRONOUNS
MMCCREER@RISD.EDU / @MAGGIE.MCCY
Maggie is a furniture student (BFA ‘26) with a concentration in Nature-Culture-Sustainability. They have a passion for ethical material sourcing, regenerative agriculture and soil sciences and have been farming with small-scale organic farms since 2021. They are excited to spread the joy of thoughtful gardening to the RISD community through workshops on sustainable building materials, sharing a love for veggies, and hands-on work days!
EVENT COORDINATOR - SHE/HER
AFOREMAN@RISD.EDU / @_ABBEYFOREMAN
Abbey is a textiles student (BFA ‘25) concentrating in Nature-Culture-Sustainability and Computer-Technology-Culture. She is interested in natural dyes, natural fibers, and teaching. Having worked as an elementary teacher for the past three years much of her work has been informed by collaboration and education. Her practice is based in exploring sustainable methods of creation, practicality, and reciprocity of knowledge. She is excited about natural colors, wool fleeces, and late spring days.
DYE GARDEN MANAGER - SHE/HER
CPETERSO@RISD.EDU
Clara is a textiles student (BFA ‘25). She is interested in exploration, portability, and how human scale is experienced in landscapes, which is informed by environmental conservation work, WWOOFing, and thru hiking. She appreciates the garden as a place of gathering, and is excited to work with fibers and dyes to spread knowledge about sustainability in a textiles practice, and how to create with less excess.