About Susan
Born in Seattle, by training a mathematician and programmer, and now retired from a career with Boeing, her passion for Mount Rainier took root when she returned to the Northwest in the 1970s. She has summited the Mountain and hiked most of its trails, studying the trees and forest ecology, and publishing a book entitled The Trees of Mount Rainier.
Susan's love of trees, gardens, and photography led to a book, Trees Live Here: the Arboretums of America. With her husband, she researched and wrote the definitive book on the flora of Mount Adams, Washington's second tallest volcano, as well as a Mount Adams wildflower book. In 2014, Susan began a project to photograph every plant species native to Mount Rainier National Park. Of the nearly 750 natives, she has, by the end of the 2016 season, photographed more than 600. Her photographs are available on the Wildflowersearch app for iPhone/iPad and Android and on this website.
Born in Seattle, by training a mathematician and programmer, and now retired from a career with Boeing, her passion for Mount Rainier took root when she returned to the Northwest in the 1970s. She has summited the Mountain and hiked most of its trails, studying the trees and forest ecology, and publishing a book entitled The Trees of Mount Rainier.
Susan's love of trees, gardens, and photography led to a book, Trees Live Here: the Arboretums of America. With her husband, she researched and wrote the definitive book on the flora of Mount Adams, Washington's second tallest volcano, as well as a Mount Adams wildflower book. In 2014, Susan began a project to photograph every plant species native to Mount Rainier National Park. Of the nearly 750 natives, she has, by the end of the 2016 season, photographed more than 600. Her photographs are available on the Wildflowersearch app for iPhone/iPad and Android and on this website.
On the Mount Fremont Trail, August, 2016