As a small business and a small team, we're intimately involved with the life of every piece. From the raw materials to creating it, to getting it on your finger - we're obsessed with exceeding expectations with each one.
We want you to feel how much you matter to us, and give you the best experience possible.
It’s YOU who helps us make a meaningful change in this world after all!
Meri is the founder and creative force behind Gardens of the Sun. She has a big vision for the impact our jewelry will have on the world. She’s on a mission to meet every single person in our supply chain, so we create jewelry that makes you feel better than before and that supports everyone involved in making it.
Annisa turns our jewelry into poetry. With her words, she gives them wings and meaning.
Annisa is the co-founder, making Gardens of the Sun a true women-owned enterprise. She’s a feminist and a true global citizen: born in Indonesia, raised in Canada, married to an Australian and now living in Singapore.
Ferris wears many hats at Gardens of the Sun. As a co-owner and Chief of Operations she's a multi-task queen. From running the daily operations and sales, to social media content and making your custom ring designs come to life.
Evi is on fire to make sure that Gardens of the Sun becomes increasingly ethical and responsible in its sourcing and operations. She improves transparency in our supply chains, implements our sourcing policy and helps communicate this to everyone who needs to know.
Martina is actually a doctor's assistant, rolled into Gardens of the Sun with Pinterest ninja skills and turned out to be a rockstar in smoothing our daily operations. She sets up the systems and directives necessary to be creative without letting everything else slip through the cracks.
The fun birthstone stories on our Instagram? The layout pictures of your custom birthstone ring? The little photo albums we secretly put into your custom ring package? That’s all Hanum’s talent at work. She’s our in-house graphic designer.
Misha is our true customer happiness rockstar. She's here not only to help you find that dream ring, but works her tail off to make you feel as valued and appreciated as you truly are. Misha works remotely while doing her Masters in Lithuania.
Yudi helps take care of all those things that creative minds tend to forget. From making sure all our employees have health insurance, to financial administration and taxes.
Atri is putting Gardens of the Sun on the map as a frontrunner on responsible jewelry and innovative sourcing from artisanal and small-scale miners. She helps us communicate the steps we are taking to become a leading ethical jeweler. Looking for ethical jewelry? Atri helps you find us.
Dodik is our in-house photographer and videographer, and responsible for the visual database of all our diamonds and gemstones. He’s a pro at taking videos of slow dancing salt and pepper stones, colorful sapphires and lightning opals.
Tessa is our unshakable optimist, obsessive about exceeding expectations and making every customer feel blown away by their experience. No matter what you need to make happen, she'll help you figure it out - all with humility, passion and eye for detail. When mistakes happen, she'll take responsibility to make things right. She's there to truly care for you in the long haul!
Sogi gift wraps every single order you place with his loving hands and attention to detail. He ensures all packages are shipped out timely. We recently discovered he’s got epic jewelry design skills, so who knows what’s next?
Need help with your order? She's got your back! From the jewelry bench to your finger, Sovi will go above and beyond to make sure that special piece comes home to you in no time. She's the one that reads all your order notes and makes sure nothing is amiss. She'll give you 120% loyalty and service and then some!
All the gorgeous photos you have in your wishlist? The twinkling gemstones that make your heart beat faster? That's all Yadia's work. She coaxes the best sides of every gemstone out and makes them glimmer and gleam under her lens, to give you a better look at them all.
Afrianto has been working with Meri from the very start, turning her designs into instant heirlooms. His family has been working as silversmiths for four generations in the city of Yogyakarta, and is proud to continue his heritage. With Meri's support, he has set up his own workshop in 2016.
A safekeeper of a time-honoured smithing tradition and precious know-how. He proudly continues the old fashioned way of metalmithing and forging metals, with his own two hands.
Born and raised in Kota Gede, a maze of narrow streets, lined with mosaic-tiled houses and family-run silver workshops. Suyatman uses traditional goldsmithing skills to transform a coin of gold into a work of art, much the same way as it was millennia ago.