Designer/owner of Smyth & Pickett, Inc. with industrial designer husband Mark. Senior Designer with SONY/Columbia Pictures; Pasadena Showcase House of Design paricipant; Designer for ES Tichenor, Louisville, KY.

Garden Designer/Preservationist/Owner of home in Wildwood Park, Altadena, CA: 2002-present. An historic Arts and Crafts private park and cottages by architect Henry Greene, 1921. Maryrose established sustainable native and vegetable gardens in the park. Interiors for both cottages. One cottage, set as a vacation rental, now residence for Smyth & Pickett family, other homes private owners. Home and garden tours for Wildwood Park and Greene Cottages for: Huntington Hospital Guild Tour; Garden Conservancy; Pasadena Heritage Craftsman Weekend Tour; Host for bi-annual Art On Palm, artist festival benefitting Fisher House for veterans.

Maryrose designs interiors, furniture, and fabrics; her passions are her family, Wildwood Park, design, fashion, writing and painting.