Our Team



Madelyn Mickelberry Gardens Founder

Madelyn Morris
Owner and Co-Founder

Madelyn is an herbalist gardener who grew up in Northeast Portland. She pursued higher education at Portland State University for Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science, where she studied botany, social science, and sustainability education. She created all of the formulas for Mickelberry Gardens products, which are based in garden and kitchen medicine. When she's not attending to the many details of running a small business, she enjoys cooking, staying active, hiking, and spending time with her pets, plants, and husband.

Matt Founder Mickelberry Gardens

Matt Morris
Owner and Co-Founder

Matt Morris is originally from Atlanta, but has been thriving in Portland since 1997. He has been beekeeping organically for 12 years, and his enthusiasm for this work is infectious. Matt’s beekeeping adventures and business savvy have led to this unique business venture. He enjoys gardening, telling jokes, and taking care of his animal friends and awesome wife.

 

Bergen Langlois National Sales Manager

Bergen Langlois
National Sales Manager

After graduating from Smith College and then Antioch University where she earned a BS in Economics and an MS in Business, Organization & Management, Bergen had the privilege of working with Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. John Douillard at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Lancaster, MA before joining Gaia Herbs as Director of National Sales. Bergen, working closely with owner, Ric Scalzo, led the team through a rapid growth phase including the company’s relocation to Brevard, NC. She later moved to Ashland, Oregon where she held the position of National Sales Manager for Herb Pharm for almost a decade during which time they achieved #1 Spins ranking. Bergen still resides in Oregon and joined Mickelberry Gardens as National Sales Manager in 2019. She spends most of her weekends enjoying the outdoors with her healthy, strong, and fearless granddaughter.

 

Jaime Darnell Facilities Coordinator/Kitchen Manager

Jaime Darnell
Facilities Coordinator and Production Manager

Jaime fell in love with Portland and moved here in 2013. Before becoming intrigued by the medicinal properties of honey and plants, Jaime worked as a chef and kitchen manager. Jaime loves all the adventures that Mickelberry Gardens has brought his way, and is proud to Bee apart of their sustainable bigger picture! He is a jack of all trades, and his head for organization and processes is a huge asset to the Mickelberry Gardens team, and he's been with us for over 6 years now.

 

Fred Coutts
Distributor Sales Manager

Fred Coutts is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for natural, organic & specialty products.  During his 40+ year career, Fred has been involved in hundreds of product launches coast to coast from retail to broker to manufacturer and understands what makes products successful and traps to avoid.
Fred joined the Mickelberry Team in 2023!

 

Mickelberry Gardens Quality Control Specialist Eve Pavkov

Eve Pavkov
QA/QC Specialist

Eve is trained as a chemist, and has previously worked with CBD start-ups prior to her work at Mickelberry Gardens. Her strong science background, herbalism skills, and head for organization and details is perfect for her role here with everything quality-control! She enjoys backpacking, studying plant medicine, and gardening in her spare time. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control to our team! 

Rachel Kendrick
Herbal Production Specialist 

Rachel has previously worked as a production baker, and has also completed studies in herbalism from a few different schools. Her baking background and passion for herbs makes her perfect to be in charge of making our tonics, skin care, and tinctures!

 

Lori Dickerson Farmers Market Support

Lori Dickerson
Farmers Market Support

You can find Lori's friendly face representing Mickelberry Gardens at our Farmers Market booth every Saturday - she's been helping out with farmers markets for over 7 years now! She has background in nutrition and astrology, and has also helped out behind-the-scenes in our production space.

 

Clyde King Shipping Specialist

Clyde King
Shipping Specialist

Clyde works hard at getting all of our orders packed up and shipped out in a timely manner. He's organized and thorough, which is super helpful for making sure all our orders arrive in one piece and we keep our customers satisfied! He also has a great attitude and we're happy to have him on our team.

 

Katie Casper
Shipping Specialist, Online Store Coordinator
Katie has worked for us for over 3 years. She has helped our shipping department to be the best it can possibly be during that time! Her Excel and organizational skills are big assets, and she also regularly helps make updates to our online stores.

 

Bottling Packaging Crew Camila Jiminez

Camila Jiminez
Bottling & Packaging Crew

Camila helps out with labeling, bottling, capping, shrink-banding, and packaging all of our products with a lot of care and consistency. She's quick, sharp, and funny, and great with trouble-shooting all of our automated equipment. She's worked for us for over 4 years now.

Greg K. 
Production Support, Bottling and Packaging Crew
Greg's eye for detail, steady hands, and sense of humor are the perfect match for ensuring everything we produce is done so with care and consistency.

 

Daniel Roy
Office Administrator

Daniel is the friendly voice you may have heard when giving us a call or shooting us an email! He brings many years of experience in sales, purchasing, customer service, and inventory management to our team.