Michelle Reasor-West is the host of the KMOX Garden Hotline. She also serves as the Director of Horticulture for Poynter Landscape, and is the President-Elect for the Landscape and Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis.

Michelle has been a professional plant nerd for more than 16 years. What began as a lifelong love of being outside turned into a second career. She received a degree in Horticulture with an emphasis on design from St. Louis Community College at Meramec. The majority of her career has focused on residential landscape design and maintenance.