Hi, we’re anna and casey.
We’re curious humans who love making friends with and learning from other curious beings.
We first met on a hopeful and seedy urban farm in Idaho. We bonded over a shared infatuation with seeds, moss, and other tiny treasures. For over a decade since, we have accompanied each other on a journey toward deeper awe at the wonders of the natural world while navigating the despair and desperation of our human systems within it. Our adventures have included attending the same graduate school to become better environmental educators and science communicators, and becoming certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guides together. In between there have been countless hours of wandering around outside marveling at the genius and beauty that surrounds us. Thinking Like A Seed is our current labor of love.
Casey O’Leary Wide-eyed dreamer who relishes diving in and getting dirty to create the world they want to live in.
Casey is a speaker, educator, entrepreneur, and horticulturist whose lifework is to ideate and enact projects that mimic the ecosystems where we live, and to help humans find pleasurable and meaningful work within them. For 18 years, they ran an urban vegetable and seed farm in Boise, Idaho and offered on-farm internships as a Cultivating Success certified Farmer Mentor. In 2014, they co-founded the Snake River Seed Cooperative, which has become one of the largest seed cooperatives in the country. SRSC’s innovative business model combines worker and grower ownership with strong values to stretch the boundaries of what is possible within a capitalist economic system. Casey teaches horticulture at the College of Western Idaho, and offers public speaking and edu-tainment for folks wanting to rekindle their audience’s sense of wonder.
Casey is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and holds a B.A.S. in Horticulture from Boise State University and a Master of Natural Resources in Environmental Education and Science Communication from the University of Idaho.
Anna Lindquist Celebrator of small things, connector of big ideas
Anna’s life and work is a medley of plant-centered passions and exclamations. From farming, landscaping, and horticulture, to plant conservation and restoration, she’s happiest existing at the juicy intersection of plants and people. She is passionate about fostering ecological collaboration, sparking wonder, and creating brave spaces for deeper relationships between people and nature. Over the past decade, she has honed her program management and communication skills, working collaboratively to cultivate create solutions within both non-profit and federal organizations.
Anna is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and holds at B.A. in anthropology and sociology, technical certificate in horticulture, and a Master of Natural Resources in environmental education and science communication. She also suffers from classic millennial symptoms like an all-consuming existential dread about the climate catastrophe, nostalgia for overhead projectors, and crippling imposter syndrome which makes writing a bio about herself very difficult.
