our amazing staff

Our staff is the foundation of our business. We have a diverse group of specialists that can help you with any of your landscaping needs. We can't wait for you to meet our family!

Amy Lord Hughes

Amy Hughes is the proud owner of Lord's Landscaping, having taken the reigns from her father, Bill Lord, and mother, Donna Lord. Amy graduated from the University of Delaware in 2008 with a degree in Education and a master's degree in Technology.  After teaching high school math for 7 years, she joined the Lord's Landscaping team to support her family's business and to spend more time with her two girls.  As owner since 2019, Amy focuses on daily operations and buying as well as technology and advertising in the Garden Center. Her enthusiasm and organization have generated fresh ideas on how to improve an already thriving business.

PAt HUGHES​

​​Pat Hughes is the Maintenance Supervisor at Lord's Landscaping, as well as the co-owner of the business. Pat is smart, efficient and organized. He earned an engineering degree from the University of Delaware and has a strong construction background after working for years with Jamie Allison Construction in Fenwick Island.  Pat pays attention to every small detail to make sure each job is done correctly and is very responsive to each customer's requests. Please contact him anytime to set up a personalized yearly maintenance plan for your home or even a one time trim and cleanup. 

Cody Kuhnert

Cody Kuhnert has managed our Design and Installation Department at Lord's Landscaping for over 20 years and is one of the hardest working, loyal people you will meet.  His experience and knowledge of our area have helped him become an amazing Landscape Designer.  Let Cody create your beautiful landscape at the beach.  He calls back right away, will take the time to learn your ideas, and can create a drawing that will knock your socks off! His work ethic and attention to detail make his jobs stand out as the best in the business!  

Garrett Casale

Garrett Casale graduated from Delaware Technical and Community College with an associates in Entrepreneurship.  He now runs our Construction - Small Installation Department and gets more complements on his work than any employee here. Garrett's enthusiasm and pride for his work shows on every project and his kind nature makes him the best to work with.  We are so excited to have him as part of the Lord's Family and look forward to all the things he will achieve in his future here!

Aj Kelley

AJ is a Delaware Certified Nursery Professional and our Garden Center Manager.  He started working at Lord's Landscaping over 15 years ago and has been in the landscaping business his whole life.  AJ can answer your plant identification or disease questions and can help you find anything in the Garden Center.  Let AJ guide you through designing your landscape - his attention to detail and talent for selecting the perfect plants are unsurpassed.  AJ's work ethic and love for landscaping are unique gifts that make him an indispensable asset to our company. Come to the garden center to see this man in action! 

sam michels

Sam runs the retail shop at Lord's Landscaping.  He moved from Baltimore, loves the Ravens, and loves to talk football! You will probably find him behind the counter inside the building ready to help you with all of your fertilizer, chemical and retail questions or outside lifting furniture, pots or statuary into a customers car.  Sam is the hardest worker you will ever meet and would be happy to assist you in any way. We are so grateful to have such a wonderful person as the face of our business.

Laura Seitz wilkinson

Laura Seitz graduated in 2016 from the University of Delaware with a Communications and Marketing Degree. She recently moved home, bought her first house and got married! We are so excited to have her at Lord's as our Events and Marketing Specialist.  Check out all her posts and info on our social media sites ( Facebook @lordslandscaping, Instagram @ lordslandscaping, lordslandscaping.com and our newest online shopping site!) to keep up with her future events and how-to-videos! Get ready for some awesome events in 2021!

Virginia Walten

Virginia Walten lived in New Hope, PA and did real estate for over 20 years.  She has now retired to the beach and started her second career at Lord's where she greets every customer and treats them like gold.  Virginia will go above and beyond to make sure you find the right decor for your yard or home and will put it all together so you don't have to.  She has an eye for home design and uses her love for real estate to help customers upgrade their beach homes.  Her experience in customer service and sales has made her a valuable asset to Lord's Landscaping and makes each customer feels like a million bucks when they walk out the door.

Heidi Carey

Heidi worked at Lord's for 10 years...18 years ago.  Her kids are all grown up and after trying other things she decided that Lord's was her happy place.  She is back and full or knowledge, experience and LOVE for plants, nature and design.  She has taken over Green House 2 and all our houseplants and is working with restaurants to use plants to design their outdoor spaces.  She can create anything you like and has years of ideas that she can't wait to tell you about.  Come in a speak with her about what plants would work best in your yard and let her create a backyard of your dreams! If you can dream it, she can make it happen!

Graydon Meredith

Graydon, the man, the myth, the legend has hand built most of the fun things you see around our 10 acre property.  He has built greenhouses, built the Wall for Family Night Out, constructed the art work for SDSA for Whimsical Woods, built every plant display and SO MUCH MORE.  If we can dream it, Graydon makes it happen and is the reason we have been able to give so many donations to charity.  He defines our motto, #growingforgood.  If it is for a good cause, he won't sleep until he has created what we need.  You will see him loading mulch, delivering stones, building walls....pretty much doing it all.  He is the glue that makes our business run!

Connie Marshall

Amber Ellis

Mackenzie mcdowell

lisa morgenthal

Matt Mclaughlin

joellen raymond