Meet Our Garden Center Team

Our experienced staff members look forward to getting to know our customers.  We're here to answer questions and help you select the right items for your home and garden.

Retail Store

Michaela Berley
​Store Manager/Marketing

Michaela joined the Cold Creek team in March 2011. After years of working in recreation and raising her children, she began following her passion for plant life and working with people. Her work at Cold Creek crosses over many facets, ranging from marketing and event coordination to assisting customers in finding the plants and products that suit their needs. Michaela is always looking for new ideas to use plants in creative and artful ways.

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Tonya Carlin
Inventory Control

Tonya has been with us since 2012. She works very hard to make sure that all of our inventory is received and priced correctly. She enjoys the friendly atmosphere, along with the "plant life" at Cold Creek. It was Tonya's creativity that helped us create the centerpiece arrangement for the Christmas Ladies Night Out.

Linda McKevie
Lead Cashier

Linda has been with us since 2008. She enjoys helping customers and seeing them walk out with happy smiling faces. She is always friendly and eager to help others. Her ability to memorize the inventory better than any one else is her proudest accomplishment at Cold Creek Nurseries.

Cathy Bland
​Sales Associate

Cathy started with Cold Creek in November 2016. A native Aikenite, she is also the proud wife to Wallis and mother to Carly and Natalie Grace. Cathy is the past owner of Tea Garden Gifts and has had a passion for sales her entire career. She recently developed an interest in local agriculture through her father's farm here in Aiken.

Amber Coffey
​Sales Associate

Amber joined our team in November of 2016. She is originally from Atlanta, but has spent the majority of her life here in Aiken. Amber went to USC Aiken and is married with two fur babies, a dog and cat. With a background in the hospitality industry, Amber knows the importance of stellar customer service. Amber has a particular interest in wedding and event coordination, and her hobbies include golf and reading.

Retail Greenhouse

Alan Maclay
Greenhouse Manager

Alan has been with us since 2000. He came to Cold Creek from Pennsylvania, by way of Texas.  Alan works hard managing the greenhouse division of our nursery. He oversees growing of many of the beautiful plants that you find in our indoor greenhouses, including poinsettias, annuals, veggies, bougainvilla and many more plants that add color to your landscape.

Jane Woods
Container Garden Designer

Jane has been with us since 2004. She enjoys the feeling of instant gratification when designing and creating combo containers. Her artistic visualization skills, outstanding customer service, and ability to create a truly unique design for every customer are just a few of her many talents. Jane's proudest accomplishment is the client base that she has built over her many years of working with Cold Creek.

Deanne Adams
Sales Associate

Deanne has been with us since 2009. She enjoys teaching customers about better living through vegetable and herb gardening. She has a natural affinity for knowing what plants need, so much so that people often ask her if she talks to the plants. Her answer is always "No, they talk to me."

Pam Dristy
Sales Associate

Pam has been with us since March of 2015 after relocating from Central New York. She appreciates the beauty of plants, trees, and the customers. She enjoys creating displays and helping customers bring their visions to fruition. She feels that working at Cold Creek is like coming home to family and playing in the garden.

Rose Schroeder
Sales Associate

Rose joined the greenhouse staff in July of 2016. She grew up out west, then moved to the northeast and studied plant biology at Central Connecticut State University. She finally landed here in the south and loves living in Aiken. Rose has a huge love of plants and especially enjoys the chance to learn more about southern plants.
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Joy Abbott
Greenhouse Sales Manager

Joy came on board part-time in May of 2015 to help support our floral route. She transitioned to a full-time position with us as Greenhouse Sales Manager in October of 2016. Joy has years of great experience in the industry, having owned her own horticultural and floral design business in Vermont. Joy is passionate about customer service, and feels it's important that our shoppers be able to choose from a selection of perfect plants. She wants every customer to have success when they take home a special plant or combination planter. Joy is also creative in her spare time as a talented oil painter.

Tommy Clark
Floral Route Sales Associate

Tommy has been with us since 2012. He enjoys all the wonderful people that he comes in contact with on his route. Tommy's proudest accomplishment with us is his overall success on the floral route. With a talent for salesmanship, he has built the route and customer base into a great division of our company.

Connie Weisert
Sales Associate

Connie has been with us since 2013, after relocating from Ohio. She enjoys working with both the plants and the customers. Her green thumb, demonstrated by her knowledge of plants and how to care for them, is only one of her many talents. Connie's upbeat attitude helps her build good rapport with our customers and then work with them to make the best plant choices.

Lisa Baker
Sales Associate

Lisa started with Cold Creek in the late summer of 2015. She loves the family-friendly atmosphere of the store, and especially enjoys seeing children get excited about gardening. She also appreciates the positivity and friendliness of of the sales team, and has fit right in since she began working with us.

Tree and Shrub Lot

Pat McMahon
Lot Manager

Pat has been with us since 2013. He enjoys interacting with new people and helping customers find the perfect plant selection for their landscape.

His organizational skills and strong leadership ability are just a few of his many talents. His proudest accomplishment is having customers return, just to tell him how great his ideas turned out for them.

Dave Abbott
Sales Associate

Dave joined our team in September 2014. He came to us from Vermont via Omaha, Nebraska after moving to South Carolina to be closer to his grandchildren. Dave has a diverse background ranging from work in animal science, decorative art, faux finishing, and the greenhouse and nursery industry. Dave has always enjoyed landscaping and gardening, and his friendly demeanor and great customer service skills set him apart.