Meet our staff....

Josh Martie

​President/Owner

Josh began owning what is presently known as Creative Landscapes, Ltd in 2012. He began his career in the nursery & landscaping business in 2001 working in the garden center with the previous owner. Throughout the years, Josh gained hands on experience in working in all fields of the company. In 2015, he decided it was time to change the brand of the company by naming it Creative Landscapes. Since 2015, Creative Landscapes has added outdoor kitchens, and professional grills to the long list of quality services.

Josh is an active member of the American Nurserymen's Association, Illinois Nurserymen's Association, O'Fallon/Shiloh Chamber of Commerce,  and Garden Center's of America Association.  To make the business grow and keep up with evolution of the industry, Josh and his team travel to various conferences and trade shows across the region. He is an annual attendee of the Independent Garden Center show in Chicago, the ILandscape Conference, and the Prince Corp. Tradeshow.

With his heart focused on the local community, Josh creates special events focused on raising money to support local charities and people in need. During all of his open houses, he partners up with Mississippi Regional Blood Bank for blood donations, Partners 4 Pets to find homes for pets and collect donations of pet supplies, O'Fallon food pantry to collect canned food items for the needy, and much more.  When Josh is not working at his business, he loves spending his off time with his family. He also loves attending St. Louis Cardinal baseball games and playing recreational softball.

Josh attended Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville for business administration and Southwestern Illinois College for Horticulture/History. He is a graduate of O'Fallon Township High School.

George Windham
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​Lead Foreman/Horticulturist

George began his career in the horticulture industry in 2010 working for a large greenhouse & nursery in southern Georgia. With a bachelor's degree in horticulture, he can identify many pests and diseases in trees, shrubs, and perennials.  George has an eye for design work and can help customers create their own landscape.  In his off time, he enjoys going to the gym and spending time with his wife and daughter.  George is also an active member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Rachel Martin

​Garden Center Manager

Rachel has been with Creative for several years and has recently been promoted to her new role as garden center manager.  She is currently wrapping up her associates degree in horticulture from SWIC and is excited to begin her career in garden center management.  Rachel first became interested in horticulture as a child while watching Disney's Johnny Appleseed Melody Time cartoon.  She loves being able to work outside and enjoys helping her customers find the perfect plant for their home landscape.
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Diana Masters

​Garden Center Sales

Jody DeVries

​Landscape Design & Sales

​Creative Landscapes, LTD is proud to announce the addition of Jody DeVries to our landscape design team!  As our new design and sales manager, Jody will be be meeting with clients and helping them realize the potential of their outdoor landscape and living space.  DevRies graduated with a degree in 2014 from SIU Carbondale in plant and soil science, specializing in landscape horticulture.  She began working in the landscape industry straight out of college before finding her place at Creative Landscapes, LTD.  In her free time, Jody loves taking trips with her family, hiking, and hunting.  She recently started long distance running, and hopes to finish her first 10k this year!

Joseph "Joey" Whitten

Landscape Manager

Joey joined the team at Creative Landscapes in 2011 as a landscape laborer and quickly worked his way up to a foreman position.  Now as our landscape manager, Joey leads the landscape division with years of expertise in building patios, retaining walls, ponds, and softscape installations.  In his free time, Joey enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his wife and 2 kids.