About Us

Vickie Haushild is the proprietress of Gardenshoponline.

Vickie's history with horticulture began as a little girl when her favorite days were spent with her grandmother, a florist in a small southern town. Both of her grandfathers owned grocery stores during the depression so being an entrepreneur is in her DNA.

Vickie studied journalism at Oregon State University and was a writer for local newspapers.

She began her garden bookstore, Secret Garden Book Source, with the intention of saving enough money to make a trip to England. It took eight years but she made it there and loved it so much she went many more times, spending weeks immersing herself in gardening and gardening history.

That passion for gardening also led to 23 years as owner/manager of a garden shop in a South Sound public garden. Her online garden store began in 2000.

Today Vickie offers her gardening thoughts in South Sound Magazine through her column, The Potting Shed, and through her blog, The Independent Gardener.