Sue Ballew graduated with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture in 1975, and immediately set out to pursue her passion for plants by starting an Interior Plantscaping company, Garden Habitats Inc.  She received her Landscape Contracting License in 1982.

“After owning and operating a successful, “award-winning” Interior Plantscaping company for more than 20 years, providing the interior plants for some of the largest and most prestigious companies in Southern California, and working with some of the most creative and talented people in the business, I was looking for a new and exciting challenge.

I had always wanted to fly, but that image had been of “flying like Superman”.  Then one day while searching for this new challenge, I realized that maybe I could fulfill that dream, but in an airplane.  So I was off to the airport, found the perfect instructor, and 5 months later in 1996, got my private pilot certificate.  I joined the 99s – The International Organization of Women Pilots - and a whole new world opened up.  I was flying everywhere, meeting new people, flying in air races, and having a blast.

Next came my instrument rating.  Then in 1997 I decided it was time to sell my company and move on to new adventures.  I was bitten by the “flying bug” and I proceeded to get several more ratings, including my instructor rating, taught flying for a year, got a Citation Jet Type Rating, and then got hired by the airlines and moved to sunny Puerto Rico to fly to 25 destinations in the Caribbean.  I was truly living my dream.

Then 9/11 happened and everything changed.  I stayed with the airlines another two years, flew throughout Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba, and then resigned.

I moved to the Bay Area and, over the next five years, traded in the financial markets.  I then came back to what I loved, which was flying and flight instructing.  Twelve years after selling Garden Habitats Inc., I realized I really missed owning a company and working with my other passion – plants.  GreenLifeScapes was born.

GreenLifeScapes is a transformation of my original company, Garden Habitats Inc., and a compilation of all of my years and experience in the Interior Plantscaping industry, the knowledge I have gained through trading in the financial markets, my travels and flying, and the new “Green” consciousness that is so important to our future.

I now hope to realize both of my passions by making a difference in people’s environments and continuing to help people realize their dreams of flying an airplane.

I look forward to working with you on your special projects".  



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Alex-Fly Dog (running free now)                             Dexter-The new Puppy  Boy