Toshi Yano is the Director of Perfect Earth Project, a non profit organization dedicated to educating, engaging, and inspiring individuals, land care professionals, and decision makers to adopt the toxic-free, nature-based, and climate-responsible land care practices necessary for a healthier, more sustainable—and more beautiful—environment for all.


He sits on the boards of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA) and Metro Hort Group; is a co-founder of BIPOC Hort, an advocacy group for people of color working in designed landscapes; and is the Landscape and Garden Advisor at Wethersfield Estate & Garden, where he previously worked as Director of Horticulture.


Toshi enjoys spending his spare time searching the woods for the smallest, most secret plants, and is the proud father of a sharp-eyed girl who helps him find the especially small, especially secret plants that elude his aging eyes. He’s grateful to his grandmothers for his deeply etched memories of dappled light, dirt under foot, and the dizzying perfume of Rosaceae in the air.