The Bellis Team
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Gabrielle Krage
Gabrielle Krage attended the Constance Spry flower school in England, which sparked her love of all things floral. Now Gabrielle, along with Drew (husband) and Abram (brother), owns and runs Kew, a landscape design and garden maintenance company. One of her passions is working with clientele to see their gardens come alive. Gabrielle and Drew have four young children: Elijah, Eleanor, Flora, and Fritz, who help out weed and water when they aren’t playing with their two doodle pups. Gabby and Co bring energy and floral visionary to Bellis as well as a desire to keep customer relations flourishing.
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Andrew Krage
Drew has a passion for outdoor garden design. With a background in horticulture and landscape architecture, he began his career with a 6 month internship in London, working in many private gardens. He thrives on utilizing the natural lay of the land to create functional and beautiful masterpieces for his clientele. Even while designing for Kew and raising four kids, Drew still makes time for his beekeeping! This has given him a greater appreciation of how the human element is connected and dependent on nature. Drew brings his knowledge and experience to Bellis constantly, we are grateful!
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Jayne Sopenski
Jayne Sopenski grew up in the garden. Having an arborist for a father and a plant enthusiast for a mother, how could she not? She graduated high school with her Associates in Science and spent the next four years pursuing missions globally through education and humanitarian work with Youth With A Mission. With an array of creative passions and travel experience, she returned home to Northeast Ohio to join an amazing collaborative opportunity with Bellis. Now she can grow in and live out her love of travel and horticulture!
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Lindsay Sopenski
Always working on a creative project, Lindsay delights in details and design. From the work bench to the computer and everything in between. Lindsay graduated high school with her Associates of Arts and moved to Texas to work with a missions organization. In 2012 she moved to China to learn Mandarin and came home to marry Abram, together they took China by storm and walked the entire length south to north! After their big adventure they moved back home to NE Ohio, joined the family business and added three beautiful souls to their family, Sylvia, Goldwyn and Murray. Now it’s time for her to creatively and logistically serve Bellis, the next big adventure!
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Abram Sopenski
Worked on a fishing boat in Alaska, watched the first sunrise in New Zealand from Cape Reinga, planted an apple orchard with the Tarahumara tribe in Mexico, traveled the entire length of China on foot, studied at Livets Ord in Sweden, rebuilt a 1987 Jeep from the ground up— yep, Abram has done all of these things! Fifth of eight kids, Abe knows a lot about family, stewardship and adventure! He grew up in NE Ohio, but has traveled the world. He is now in Ohio focusing on his growing family and running operations for the ever growing Kew, a landscape design, install and garden company, which he co-owns with Gabrielle and Andrew. There isn’t much that Abe can’t do, and we couldn’t have Bellis without him!