Terry is a former Adjunct Instructor, Horticulture, STLCC Meramec, where she taught landscape design. She has also taught landscape design for the St. Louis Master Gardener training classes and gives frequent programs for the Missouri Botanical Garden Adult Education.  She has been a Master Gardener since 2001.
She is a passionate iris gardener.
Terry holds an A.A.S Horticulture from STLCC Meramec well as a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Washington University and an M.S. in Information Management from Washington University.
She does guided tours of the MBG iris collection for the Master Gardener Speakers Bureau.