I studied graphic design, after high school and worked as a graphic illustrator and photographer in New York City and in California, and then worked in the field of arts and crafts for years until I realized it was harmfull to my health due to physical inactivity.  While in California I began studying the healing arts.  I studied at the California School of Massage, and the Platonic Academy of Herbal Studies, though my interest has always been to work with the live plant rather than dried herbal formulas, I comb the woods and fields for usefull plants.

I have taken plant science programs and also Landscape Architecture.  So, in the past 27 years I have worked in the field of garden design, garden care, stuarding, landscaping, wildcrafting, estate caretaking, computer drawing and computer drafting.  Throughout this time I have come to respect two aspects of the land:  Its ability to nurture all things, and its need to be nourished.  I hope to work in the area of native landscaping, when the opportunity arrives.

At the present I will be taking photographs of the progress of VGFA, and working on the website.