Ciscoe Morris was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to Robert Graham Morris (1909 - 2002) an Insurance Salesman and purported vaudeville performer, and Sarah A. "Sally" Reichhardt (1917 - 2014). He began gardening with his mother and grandmother and by age 10, was working professionally as a gardener for a local church. In 1972, he hitchhiked to Seattle and began working on a fishing boat. He later got a job at Seattle City Light in Newhalem and studied horticulture at South Seattle Community College.
