About

I grew up surrounded by exquisite ocean and farmland views in Sagaponack, NY, part of the now-famed Hamptons. The memory of that beauty has driven me to build views wherever I lived.  First Baltimore, then Philadelphia and now Chatham, NJ.

Throughout my high-intensity careers as a journalist and social media executive, the garden was where I felt joy and calm. One day I realized I wasn't just making beautiful outdoor spaces - I was fundamentally designing my own joy, creating happiness from the ground up. And I wanted to do that for other people.

 

I opened Dirt Diva Designs, a full-service landscape design firm, in Chatham, NJ, and trained at the New York Botanical Garden's School of Professional Horticulture in Landscape Design.

 

I love creating outdoor spaces for my clients that I know will bring them joy for years to come.

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Before starting Dirt Diva, Caitlin was a decorated journalist and marketer, nominated twice for Pulitzer Prizes

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Her media life continues in the landscape design world.  Martha Stewart featured her design work in a piece on good garden layouts.. She writes for the premier national magazine, Fine Gardening, but doesnt take it all too seriously: she wrote a 'Tiny Love' column for The New York Times about breaking up with a plant.