Take control
& grow your business


A boutique brand strategy & creative marketing agency

We’re here to help you thrive

After years of personal and professional experience, we founded The Grove Group to help businesses and teams make their goals a reality. With our comprehensive guided resources, you’ll unearth renewed confidence and tactics to help your business thrive.

OUR SERVICES

Meet the Team

  • Ashley Kirkland

    CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    ashleykirkland@thegrovegroup.co
    (757) 876-6391

    Ashley Kirkland grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia and earned her undergraduate degree in English and Studio Art at Washington & Lee University and her law degree at the Charleston School of Law i. She co-founded The Grove Group to use her legal, branding, marketing and artistic skills toward her love for creative advertising and small business consulting.

  • Katie Waites

    CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    katiewaites@thegrovegroup.co
    (843) 636-2061

    Katie Waites was born and raised in South Carolina and attended Heathwood Hall Episcopal School and Washington & Lee University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art and English Literature, and then earned her law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law. After many years as a federal judicial clerk and trial lawyer in Charleston at an internationally renowned firm, Katie decided to return to her first loves - travel and art - by co-founding The Grove Group. She is excited to use her law and business skills in a more creative way - to help small businesses grow and develop their unique, creative and artistic brands.

Meet the Team

Grow from the ground up With

The Grove Group is here to help businesses make their goals a reality. With our comprehensive guided resources, you’ll find renewed confidence and unearth tactics to help your business thrive.