Anita Tiller serves as botanist and conservation manager for Mercer Botanic Gardens, Harris County since December of 2000. Tiller directs operations for Mercer Botanic Gardens’ Mercer Botanical Center for herbarium, botanical library and illustrations collections and databases; a seed bank for the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC); labs and garden sign shop; and associated conservation nursery, endangered and native plant display garden and prairie preserve. Tiller coordinates plant conservati