Foy Spicer

Interim Managing Director

Phone: 2607995869

Office: Learning Center Building at Merry Lea

Education:

B.S. Public Horticulture, Iowa State University, 2003

Foy grew up in Iowa, graduating from Iowa State with a degree in Horticulture. She interned at Chicago Botanical Garden, Longwood Gardens and ISU Extension. Then served in the Peace Corps along the edge of primary rainforests in Panama as a Sustainable Agriculture Systems volunteer. When she returned to The States, she moved to Indiana to be a horticulturist at the Garbis Arboretum. For the two years before coming to Merry Lea, she was a guide for the Montessori School at WPC and developed their summer Farm School program for 3-12 year olds.

Foy joined Merry Lea as an Environmental Educator in 2023. In September 2025, Foy stepped into the Interim Managing Director role. Foy lives in North Manchester with her partner and their two kids. As a foodie she loves cooking and fermenting with wild and locally grown meat and produce.