Meet the Hosts
Eva Monheim
Director, Producer, and Co-Host
Eva Monheim is the co-host, director, and producer of The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast and a certified arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). She is the Author of Shrubs & Hedges: Discover, Grow, and Care for the World’s Most Popular Plants and has authored over 100 articles and scholarly papers along with numerous woody plant manuals. Eva is an award-winning educator with a horticultural and environmental consulting, and garden coaching business. She’s an instructor at the globally recognized Longwood Gardens for the Professional Horticulture Program where she teaches Arboriculture and Woody Plants. Additionally, she teaches Woody Plants in the Continuing Education Certificate Program.
Eva instructs Landscape Management and Garden Appreciation at The Barnes Arboretum at St. Joseph’s University and holds numerous degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in horticulture and art, a degree from Arcadia University in English literature, and post graduate courses in horticulture from the University of Reading in England. Her education at the University of Reading, has given her a global appreciation of garden design and environmental sensitivity for her work in the U.S. and abroad.
Monheim’s articles, designs, and photographs have appeared in national, regional, and local magazines, and newspapers – she even had her own newspaper column in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Eva was an assistant professor of instruction at Temple University in the department of landscape architecture and horticulture for over twelve years where she taught thirteen different subjects in undergraduate and graduate programs and was an early adaptor of teaching online. Monheim has owned several businesses including a floral shop, landscaping company, and is currently a co-principal of VEE – Verdant Earth Educators, LLC – an environmental consulting firm. Her breadth of knowledge in the horticulture industry and her extensive teaching experience has empowered hundreds of students who are now leaders in the commercial and public sectors of the green industry.
Lou Meyer
Co-Host
Lou began his green industry career after his freshman year of college in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. That summer, he joined a small tree care company focused on removals and occasional pruning. After a few years, he moved into landscaping with a design and installation firm. Taking night classes in horticulture, Lou developed an appreciation for how plants work together in the landscape.
In 2013, he joined The Davey Tree Expert Company as part of their commercial landscape team. In August 2013, Lou obtained his certification as an ISA Certified Arborist®, and since then earn his ISA Certified Urban Forest Professional® certification and his ISA Certified Arborist Utility Specialist® certification, along with an ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification®.
In 2017, Lou moved to Maryland and began a stint in utility arboriculture with the Davey Resource Group. This opportunity opened his eyes to the breadth and scope of utility vegetation management, a huge sector of the green industry. He eventually moved back to residential arboriculture, first as a sales arborist and then as a manager. In 2021, his role changed to commercial development, working with schools, HOAs, shopping centers, and other commercial sites throughout Maryland and Washington, DC, to manage their tree canopies. Today, Lou’s role with Davey is focused on developing business in the government sector in a national role.
He lives in Ellicott City, Maryland with his wife, Molly, and two children, Louie and Maggie. He is on the board of the Maryland Arborist Association, is past Treasurer of the MAC-ISA Chapter, and serves on the board of the Howard County Conservancy.
