Joy Grannis is an artist and illustrator based out of Portland, Maine. Her connection to nature and creativity stems from her experience growing up on a sustainable homestead in rural Maine. She and her siblings spent countless hours running through pine forests, looking for the perfect stones tumbled by the Atlantic ocean, foraging, growing food, and creating. This foundation led her to study environmental planning and policy where she formed connections with the green building and sustainable urban design communities and fed her passion for promoting the greening of city environments. Joy has a special interest in native plant communities and the ecosystems in which they thrive and enjoys capturing this world in a variety of mediums. She hopes that her work will inspire people to conserve and protect all the tiny beautiful things around them, no matter where they are in the world.