Park Angel Leads

Jim Martin

Executive Director

“My dream for the near future is that when you think about horticulture, you immediately think about our Charleston City parks!”

Jim is the executive director for the Charleston Parks Conservancy and is at the very heart of the Park Angels movement. He is a skilled horticulturalist who has been a part of the Riverbanks Zoo and their 90-acre botanical garden, Brookgreen Gardens and Mepkin Abbey Botanical Garden in Moncks Corner, to name just a few projects. He has also worked privately as a garden designer and has volunteered his time to boards and organizations such as Columbia Green and The Charleston Horticultural Society.

Besides horticulture, he is also a floral artist, a writer and a photographer. For him, the Park Angels are an opportunity to actively bring people together around those places that are already such a connection. Of course, after a long day of Park Angel-ing, you'll find him tending his own half-acre garden at home on James Island. So introduce yourself to Jim to become to Park Angel along with him!