Welcome to your brand amplified, the podcast where we interview marketers, publicists, and

brands to learn their stories, what makes them tick, and tips and tricks that make a

difference. I am Anika Jackson here with another episode of your brand

Amplified and I am so thrilled to welcome a friend

and a client from Houston, Jennifer McDonald of Garden Girls to the show.

Jen, thank you so much for being here.

Thanks for having me.

Absolutely.

I know that you are so busy every day doing your work with your partners and beautifying and educating people all over Houston and beyond about what you do.

So before we get into Garden Girls,

I'd love for you to share a little bit about your background.

Were you always an entrepreneur?

You know, how did you get led to this path

to start your own company?

Well, okay, I would say that I've always had an entrepreneurial spirit,

but I didn't always have like the business side of the

of being an entrepreneur is the hardest for me and so I always wanted to do something

creative in either interior design or homestiling something of that nature, but I guess I felt limited because of the business side of this.

And so I was always a great soldier. I always thought I was a really great employee, but in the back of my head I would I always wanted to own my own business I just wasn't sure if I could do it.

Nice and were you always what did you go to school for? Did you go into your design or what was that?

I actually started in political science and then I realized that that was going to be a really heartbreaking career.

And so I did a complete 180 on what I wanted to do and I went into like exercise theology and

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