Andrea Thomas

Andrea Thomas knows her way around a garden — and around a genuinely useful gift. Raised in Baton Rouge and now based in Houston, she brings a B.S. in Horticulture from LSU and a Texas A&M Master Gardener certification to her work as a curator at GiftGrader, where she covers Outdoor/Home Garden and Home & Living gifts. Fifteen-plus years designing residential gardens across the Gulf South means she's tested products in actual dirt, not just on a spreadsheet. Her reviews have reached 80,000+ readers regionally, and her seasonal gift guides have measurably moved the needle on reader engagement. Fair warning — she once spent three weekends deep-testing soil amendments, and the neighbors thought she was training for a root vegetable competition.