Emily is a founding owner and director of Yard Essentials Inc.

Emily, a farm girl from Southeastern Saskatchewan, has spent the last 22 years developing her skills and feeding her passion for nature as a landscape maintenance and tree care professional. From 2000-2003, she studied at Minot State University - Bottineau. She graduated from this program in 2003 with honours and earned the five Associates of Applied Science degrees listed above. In the summers between college classes she worked for the Leisure Services division of the City of Estevan, SK as a tree care and park maintenance professional. She worked for Randy Beauchesne at Beauscapes Lawn and Tree for 3 years. In 2005, Emily earned her ISA certification and became recognized as a certified Arborist and has recently re-certified in 2021. In 2009 she and Angela Downing founded Yard Essentials.  She is now married and the blessed mother of two young daughters, Hazel and Ivy.