Matt Fastuca, plantsman, received a Diploma in Horticulture from the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture after studying life sciences at the University of Rhode Island. He was awarded the T.H. Everett Horticultural achievement award at the New York Botanical Garden.

Previously, he managed the gardens of historic private estates in New York and Massachusetts.

Matt serves on the Board of Directors of the Block Island Conservancy.

Molly Nolan is an English teacher, as well as the logistical coordinator for Maritima. In the garden world, she has worked at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York, as well as the gardens of a private coastal estate in Massachusetts.

She can be reached through the company email maritima.hort@gmail.com or found down at the Glass Onion during the summer.

Molly and Matt live seasonally on Block Island and spend the winter in New York.

Ethos

Maritima works to enrich living landscapes, focusing on the health and longevity of a property’s ecosystem.