About Us
About Us
About Us
Our
Mission
Wormsloe's rich historical legacy and natural environment will be conserved for future generations, while the site supports research and educational programming for today's scholars.
Our
Vision
To protect and conserve Wormsloe in its entirety, while supporting research, education, and interpretation of the property's unique ecological, historical, and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
Meet The Team
Keeli M. W. Knight
President & LANDMARKS Editor
Keeli Knight is a Historical Landscape Architect and Horticulturalist. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from the University of Georgia in 2019, Keeli continued her education at UGA to earn a Master of Landscape Architecture with a Certificate in Cultural Landscape Conservation in 2022. Keeli served as a Wormsloe Fellow during her graduate career, working with advisor Daniel Nadenicek to design the Preliminary Master Plan for the UGA-Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe. It was during her Wormsloe Fellowship that Keeli developed a great appreciation and love for Wormsloe. She was honored to continue her involvement at Wormsloe post-grad to design the Laura Barrow McIntosh Memorial Garden for the Barrow Family alongside Nadenicek. Keeli was privileged to be named the President of the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History in 2023. She attributes her life-long love of historic landscapes and horticulture to her upbringing in historic Madison, Georgia where she currently resides with her husband Taylor and their beloved black labrador retriever, Nelli.
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Lydia Moore
Ecologist
Lydia Moore is a community ecologist with an emphasis on bat conservation. Lydia grew up
next to a saltwater marsh in Charleston, where she developed a passion for ecology and
conservation in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. She pursued those passions at Oberlin
College, where she double majored in biology and environmental studies. After college she
worked for several conservation nonprofits, including the National Wildlife Federation, the
Peregrine Fund, and Turner Endangered Species Fund, before earning her master’s degree from
Auburn University studying bats in coastal South Carolina. After completing her graduate
career, Lydia was employed by the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy, where she worked for six years
as a community ecologist and environmental educator. She was thrilled to begin working as an
ecologist for the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History in January 2025.
CONTACT LYDIA: