This is Threadleaf & Company

This is Threadleaf
& Company

We help people embrace inspired, sustainable living through workshops and community events. By focusing on practices and products created with respect for you, our suppliers and our environment, we provide thoughtful tools and an engaging hub for more cultivated living.

A conceptual expansion of the original brick-and-mortar shop, this next chapter brings together key passions: sustainable style and living, gardening, writing and helping others — and puts it in one inviting place. Welcome in.

Recent Engagements

Panel Talk: Game Changers in sustainability — American University

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Class:

Creating A Natural Dye Garden Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia

Nicole is a frequent speaker on social entrepreneurship, women in business, sustainable fashion, gardening and other topics. With both public speaking and professional writing experience, Nicole can address relevant issues in multiple platforms to suit your audience.

About Nicole McGrew

Nicole is an advocate, social entrepreneur and master gardener with twenty years of experience spanning the public and private sectors. She has advised burgeoning entrepreneurs on sustainable business practices and is a frequent public speaker on sustainability, gardening and community engagement.

In 2018, Nicole founded Threadleaf, the first brick and mortar boutique focused exclusively on sustainable fashion in Alexandria, VA. Prior to that, Nicole served as the Deputy General Counsel for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy during the Obama Administration. Earlier in her career, Nicole practiced law as an Assistant General Counsel in the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs and in private practice.

Nicole volunteers her time as a board member and advisor to several organizations including the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture, the Visit Alexandria Board of Governors and Move2Learn. She was the 2023 Board Chair of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and serves on its Executive Committee. Nicole is also a Certified Master Gardener and a member of Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia.

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