Kristopher Dabner is President and Creative Director of The Greensman, Inc. He has been involved in creative pursuits his entire life. He graduated with a degree in Architecture from the University of Kansas. He has also worked as an art director for television and film. He founded the Greensman in 1994 and the company has grown from a “one man show,” to its current size of 15 full-time and up to 30 seasonal employees.

Kristopher’s philosophy combines great design, enormous energy, entrepreneurship and philanthropy and he uses that philosophy to create unique gardens for the Greensman’s clients. Greensman designs take a full-picture approach, incorporating the existing structure, expanding the hardscape, taking into account plans for the future environment. Kristopher’s designs have been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gardens, Kansas City Home Design, KC Magazine, SPACES and the Kansas City Star.

Charles has had careers as an actor, a singer, engineer, restaurant manager, and these days a bookkeeper. He’s a third-generation only child who was born and grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri. His career in landscaping began in 2001 assisting on a water feature construction; continued into crew maintenance and installation work; and eventually landed him in front of the one company desktop teaching himself Quickbooks. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T).

Charles’ favorite plants are flowering perennials and decorative grasses; he loves watching the cycle of growth from nothing (above ground) to peak to cutback to starting over again the next year. Charles and his husband Joseph enjoy spending weekends at their home at Lake Ozark, traveling, and parenting a loveable but strong-willed Catahoula leopard mix named Denali. Other pastimes include cooking, knitting, paddle boarding, and photography.