Enlivening
spaces for over 35 years

Owner

Dirk Bakhuyzen has been the majority owner of Integrated Plantscapes for 7 years. Experienced in the landscape industry, Dirk saw an opportunity to work with interior plants. His passion is servant leadership and bringing out the best in people each day. Dirk enjoys reading, camping, boating, and long walks with Phyllis, his spouse of 43 years. Together, they have 5 children and 12 grandchildren. His main hobby is leading Beyond26 Inc., a nonprofit he founded that serves individuals with disabilities by assisting in finding volunteer or paid employment opportunities.

Operations Manager

Selina started out planting flowers, weeding, and watering in her Mom’s rock garden, working alongside her and Selina’s Grandmother. Her love for plants began there. When she started work at IP in 2007, she had a rich experience growing nursery plants. Working with the IP team and seeing spaces become more beautiful because of plants is a real joy for Selina. In her down time, she enjoys being outside, hanging out with her dog, and riding horses.

Chief Financial Officer

Kim started with IP 16 years ago in 2008. She loves, no, LOVES working with numbers; Making sure that things balance, creating budgets, and strategizing. She is a detail-oriented person who loves diving into big projects as much as she loves taking on a jigsaw puzzle. She loves to spend time outside snowshoeing, kayaking, hiking, and traveling. A big fan of Autumn in Michigan, she is happiest in cooler temps, Autumn colors, and scents. Her most favorite hobby is snuggling her new grand-baby.

Sales Consultant

Cynthia has been with IP for almost 16 years with educational and enrichment breaks in between. She started as a Horticulturist and expanded into Sales where she has been for two years. Cynthia loves being out in the community meeting new people, seeing their spaces, and bringing plants to places that need them. She thinks plants belong everywhere: at work, home, places of healing and hospitality. Jades are her current favorite plant because they are stately and forgiving. In her free time, she enjoys nature, hanging out with her cattle dog, cooking, and spending time with family & friends.

Resident Pup
Cyrus may be Selina’s dog, but he is an independent member of the IP team! He loves being at the greenhouse, keeping inventory of the plants, riding along to outdoor accounts, hosting team ice cream socials, patrolling the perimeter for wildlife, and is the President of the welcome committee. He isn’t shy, voicing his opinions with a hearty bark when he thinks appropriate, and yet, he knows when to fold up and take a nap. The team loves his playful energy, and he appreciates their good scratches and fun roughhousing. Cyrus is a good boy and the best IP ambassador, and we are grateful for his company.

Installation Manager
Paul is a veteran team member of over 25 years. He enjoys creating large installs that take several days to complete and excels at turning them into award-winning pieces. Paul is “mechanical with a side of physics” – he is good at making things work. He and his wife partner on paintings: he makes tongue & groove paneled canvases which she paints. Together, they travel to fine art fairs along the Lake Michigan Coast.

Asst. Installation Manager
Sam has worked with IP for 9 years. She enjoys seeing how versatile and creative plants can be, especially in an atrium. A lifetime lover of plants, she and her family would plant 100 evergreens on their property every Arbor Day. Sam loves to spend time with her pets and enjoys being around animals of all sorts. She also enjoys planning and changing things up in her garden.

Horticulturist
Tuesday has cared for plants for 11 years. She likes the solitude of working independently and being around the grounding energy of the plants she cares for. Her Grandmother inspired her green thumb with her plants, flowers, and vegetables. She loves to listen to music, enjoys animals, and doesn’t mind quiet days.

Horticulturist
Julie has worked with IP for over 9 years and enjoys being on the road cultivating plants and relationships. She loves working independently and learning about new plants, particularly Liriope, a favorite she recently discovered. She likes to spend time with family, enjoys hanging out with friends, and loves pet sitting.

Horticulturist
Hwaja has been working with IP for 8 years. She puts great value on how much she’s learned about plants and their needs; Her commitment to learn about each one is a core value. Growing up in Korea, she learned from her Mom who raised many varieties of vegetables in her garden. Hwaja’s husband and children got to help harvest in Korea when they visited. She enjoys her flower gardens at home and loves starting and growing vegetables every year—she even grows her own Napa cabbage to make kimchi.

Horticulturist
Katie came to IP in 2021 after working in the gardening industry for about 6 years. She has been a nature lover for as long as she can remember, and grew up playing in the lake and woods of her families’ home. She credits her Mom for instilling her love of gardening; she used to help her Mom dead-head the Hostas around the house and cut them down in the Fall. Her internship experience at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and connection to the woods inspires her to create items and gifts with found natural materials, giving them a second life.

Horticulturist
Sherry has been with IP for 5 years and finds the job very zen. Convinced that she is really a Hobbit, she loves this quote from JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit: ”But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth. For all Hobbits share a love of things that grow.” Sherry fosters kittens for the Humane Society as she can, enjoys taking walks with her dog, and chilling with her cat when reading or binging a good Netflix series. A fan of trying new things, she is learning how to keep bees and would love to have some chickens.