Linda’s passion for gardening started when she was a little girl helping tend her grandfather’s seaside garden in Bristol, Rhode Island. In 1999 she turned this lifelong passion into her profession when she left a successful 16-year career as a financial services marketing executive.

After graduating from the Master Gardener Program at URI Linda went on to attend the prestigious Landscape Design Institute at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Prior to establishing Linda Finn Garden Design where she has completed commissions for homes, municipal parks and businesses, Linda worked with renowned gardener Sean Conway at his Nursery of Uncommon Plants in Tiverton, RI. In 2004 Linda completed an intensive workshop in London with Dan Pearson, widely regarded as the “leading designer and plantsman in Europe today”, and the author of several books including, The Garden, A Year At Home Farm and The Essential Garden Book.

Linda’s background in project management and creative problem solving compliment her hard-earned expertise in site assessment, plant suitability and design. Her gardens reveal an artist's eye for color and form, and an innate sense of place.