Scott Beuerlein is the Manager of Botanical Garden Outreach at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. He runs the Zoo’s Botanical Garden educational programs, including the CZBG’s Excellence in Horticulture Symposium Series. This series features three yearly programs which are among the nation’s preeminent single day symposiums. They have featured a veritable who’s who of top world horticultural speakers.
Scott is also a garden writer and horticultural speaker. He has published hundreds of articles and columns in several gardening and green industry publications. He currently writes two award winning columns in each issue of Horticulture Magazine—the back page humor column, Deep Roots and the Garden Views series of interviews. The Garden Views interviews began in 2021, 26 interviews in total, and have included renowned experts such as Fergus Garrett, Dan Hinkley, Michael Dirr, Allan Armitage, Tony Avent, Piet Oudolf (in 2026), Doug Tallamy, and many more.
Scott is a partner in the long-running and highly respected Garden Rant blog site.
Scott has received numerous awards for his writing and other horticultural efforts:
- 2025 Gold Medal for the Garden Views column in Horticulture Magazine from Garden Communicators International
- 2025 Silver Medal for his Deep Roots column in Horticulture Magazine from Garden Communicators International
- 2024 Silver Medal for Magazine Article from Garden Communicators International
- 2022 Silver Medal for Garden Rant blogs from Garden Communicators International
- 2020, Silver Medal for Magazine Article from Garden Communicators International
- 2020, Garden Clubs of America’s Club Horticulture Commendation, Garden Club of Cincinnati
- 2019, two Gold Medals from Garden Communicators International
- 2019, the Civic Garden Center of Cincinnati’s Building Community Award
- 2018, the Citation Award from the Garden Clubs of Ohio
- 2018, the Johnny Appleseed Award from Taking Root
- 2015, named “One to Watch” by Cincinnati Magazine
- 2012, received the Garden Recognition Award from the Cincinnati Horticulture Society
Scott is currently serving as:
- Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Horticulture Committee, Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, where he has initiated a board level committee on horticulture
- Chair of the Boone County Arboretum Collections Committee
- Vice President of the Cincinnati Urban Forestry Board
- Member of the Green Industry Conference committee
Previously, Scott served as:
- Chairman of the Taking Root tree planting initiative
- Chairman of the Cincinnati Flower Growers Association
- President of the Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council
Scott earned a B.A. in Communication Arts from Xavier University. He is an ONLA Certified Landscape Technician and an ISA Certified Arborist.
Scott and his wife, Michele, have been together for 43 years. Their garden is best described as over-sized and under-maintained, which is also a pretty good description of Scott.
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