Abby Gant

Abby Gant is Cul2vate’s lead flower grower. She officially became an employee of Cul2vate in the spring of 2022, but Abby has been working with Cul2vate as a volunteer since 2016! She was raised in Baltimore, MD and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Virginia.

After moving to Nashville in 2011, she began work as an ICU nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center. It was while caring for the critically ill that she happened upon Cul2vate and felt a connection to the mission of Growing Food and Growing People. While still working as a nurse, she started volunteering on the farm. She has a deep-rooted passion for working in the dirt, but her heart was truly blessed by how she felt seen and invested in as a person while volunteering on the farm. During the time spent in 10 years of ICU nursing, Abby and her husband, Ryan welcomed two sons.

In 2022, with the support of her husband, she transitioned from nursing to work at Cul2vate. She spent three years coordinating volunteers and growing flowers on the farm and now will be focusing on flowers. She is blessed each day by the stories of her teammates and Cul2vators. She has been amazed at the connections and relationships that Cul2vate’s flower ministry has built and can’t wait to see what God has for the future.