Kimberly Lock is passionate about plants!  She has been designing, installing, and maintaining garden landscapes for residential clients since 2003. She is a member of  The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (PHS), and recipient of several PHS awards for outstanding garden design and maintenance of her residential garden in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Currently, her garden is being photographed for entry into the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Gardens. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture from Temple University, graduating Summa Cum Laude. While attending Temple University, Kimberly served as President of the Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Student Association, President and Vice-President of Pi Alpha Xi National Honor Society for Horticulture students, a student ambassador, representative of student government, and member of the Horticulture Marketing Committee. She received numerous scholarship awards for academic excellence and leadership in Horticulture on both the local and national levels.  Kimberly participated in two of Temple Universities award winning Philadelphia Flower Show exhibits; Progressive Women in Horticulture and Riparian Restoration. She assisted in the design and installation to restore the Edith Rosenwald Memorial Gardens at the Abington Art Center in Abington, Pennsylvania, and subsequently participated in the Temple/Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Management Initiative located in the Pennypack Watershed where she assisted with invasive plant removal, planting design, and installation of a new native plant pallet on Inverness Lane in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

Prior to her admission into the Horticulture Program at Temple University, Kimberly worked in corporate industry for 15 years.  She has a proven success record in credit analysis and collections management. Kimberly completed two years of coursework in Management and Marketing at the Community College of Philadelphia where she holds membership in Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year colleges.  She successfully completed coursework in the Fast Trac II Program as prescribed by the Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a non-profit organization helping women entrepreneurs with start-up and growing businesses. Subsequently, she founded and operated PBR Recovery Services, a home-based business providing third-party debt collection services for commercial clients.  Click here to E-mail Kim.