Index of Instructors

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Kobinah Abdul-Salim holds a Ph.D. from Harvard U. and a MS from the U. of Missouri-St. Louis. He is a postdoctoral fellow, Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies at the Garden.

Amy Albracht received her MFA in Painting/ Printmaking from Yale U. She is a teacher and artist who lives and works in New York City.

Evelyn Alemanni brings her passion for flowers to the medium of silk painting. She is an award-winning gardener artist, gardener and writer. In 2000, her garden was one of five finalists for Good Morning America's Best Garden in America contest. She is a principal of ALLEA in Elfin Forest, CA. Her webpage is www.allea.com.

Rebecca Allan received her BA from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and MFA from Kent State University. She studied botanical illustration with

Louise Smith and has been on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts Seattle Academy of Fine Art since 1995.

John Anderton is a freelance illustrator and artist based in Washington D.C. His field experience includes Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Sally Apfelbaum received a MFA in Photography from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Her art has been shown in numerous one person and group exhibitions in the US and abroad. She was awarded the Giverny Grant, to live and work in Monet's garden in France, along with receiving several grants from the French government. Currently, she has work in the exhibit: Contemporary Photography and the Garden: Deceits and Fantasies, organized by the American Federation of the Arts, and traveling to museums around the country.

Donna Arabian is a horticultural therapist at the Rusk Institute Glass Garden, Terence Cardinal Cooke Healthcare Center and Schneider Children's Hospital.

Jay Archer, APLD, is the principal of John Jay Land Management Corp. located in Katonah and Brewster, NY and Bethel, Conn.

Laurel Ariev is an instructor at SUNY Farmingdale where she also received her degree in Ornamental Horticulture.

Carlo Balistrieri is the Curator of the Rock Garden at the Garden and a free lance photographer. He has owned a specialty mail-order nursery for orchids and exotic plants.

Edward Sibley Barnard is a photographer and author of New York City Trees: A Field Guide for the Metropolitan Area.

Jane Brook Barba studied Landscape Design at the Garden, and Garden Restoration and Preservation at LaNapoule Art Foundation in France.

Ursula Basch, BCE, is a practicing herbalist and an environmental engineer. She is the founder of The Herbal Bear, a holistic center.

Tolly Beck, MS, is the Community Horticulture Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland County and a Horticulturist for Lasdon Park and Arboretum, Westchester County Parks, Recreation and Conservation.

John Beirne, BS, a horticultural and garden design consultant, runs a horticultural therapy program at New Bridge Services, Inc., a mental health center in Pompton Plains, N.J.

Sylvia Bird, AIFD, NDSF, is a Chelsea Flower Show Medal Winner, serves on the international committee of the AIFD and has designed for Her Majesty the Queen, Princess Anne, and the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Gail Bishop holds a BS in Industrial Design and a BS in Art Education. She has extensive experience in landscape design and is the owner of Thunder Hill Garden Design.

Bob BonGiorno is vice president of Suburban Ponds in Dix Hills, NY. He has over 40 years experience in pond design, construction, and renovation. Suburban Ponds specializes in pond design and installation.

Florence Boogaerts holds a Landscape Design Certificate from the Garden. She has her own design and installation firm, Florence Boogaerts Design, in Greenwich, Conn.

Jamie Boyer is the Manger of Professional Development at the Garden and a Ph.D. candidate at SUNY, Binghamton where he studies the evolution and development of early land plants.

Lorella Brocklesby is adjunct professor for humanities at New York University. She also teaches at Parsons School of Design and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

David Dew Bruner, RLA, is a registered landscape architect. His projects include many public, historic landscapes, residential landscapes, and interior projects.

David Bulpitt, BS, is a principal of Brookside Nurseries, Inc., in Norwalk, Conn., which specializes in soil mixes for horticultural use.

Marie Stella Byrnes, MA, MS, is a landscape designer and historian and currently teaches at the Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. Her design firm, Kirin Farm Enterprises, Inc., specializes in historic landscapes and thematic gardens.

Wayne Cahilly graduated from the Garden's School of Professional Horticulture and is Manager of the Institutional Mapping Department at the Garden. He is the owner of Cahilly's Horticultural Services, and a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists.

John Capobianco is the owner of the Jiusan Bonsai Company on Long Island, and is President of the Bonsai Society of Greater New York, and the Long Island Chrysanthemum Society.

Margaret Carey has taught Chinese brush painting, calligraphy, and porcelain painting for over 30 years. She is past president of the N.Y. State Federation of the World Organization of Porcelain Artists.

James Carr, BA, is the author of Gardening and Landscaping the Natural Way. He uses his natural method to manage properties ecologically.

Sarah Carter is the Associate Curator of Herbaceous Plants at the Garden and holds a BS in Horticulture from Berry College, Rome, GA.

Sara Cedar Miller has been the Photographer for the Central Park Conservancy since 1984 and the Historian since 1989. She holds degrees from Hunter College and Pratt Institute and is the author of Central Park, an American Masterpiece.

Nancy Chambers, HTR, HRT, is Director of the Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden/Horticultural Therapy Program at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Medical Center.

John Cody, M.D., is the author and artist of Wings of Paradise, a book about the great Saturniids, or silk moths found in many parts of the world, from suburban backyards to tropical rainforests. A retired psychiatrist and outspoken environmentalist, his paintings were the subject of a one-man exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution.

Susan Cohen, RLA, ASLA, is coordinator of the Landscape Design Program at the Garden and a graduate of Smith College. After training at the Garden, she received her BS in Landscape Architecture from City College of New York. She is principal of Susan Cohen Landscape Architect in Greenwich, Connecticut and an award-winning designer, who also lectures and writes about garden history and landscape design. Ms. Cohen teaches at the Garden, coordinates the Landscape Design Portfolio series and is the designer of Momijigari: The Japanese Autumn Garden. She is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Garden.

Christina Colón, Ph.D., teaches Biodiversity and Conservation at Columbia University's Center for Environmental Research and is a Curator of Education at the Garden.

Diana Conklin studied fine arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She has been a floral designer, and proprietor of Everlastings by Diana for 20 years. She lectures and teaches throughout Long Island and surrounding areas.

Margaret Conover holds a Ph.D. in Botany from the U. of Massachusetts. She was a Fulbright Fellow and has extensive teaching experience.

Brid Craddock earned a BS in Interior Design before venturing into a new career in horticulture. She received certificates in Horticultural Science and from the Connecticut Landscape Association and worked with Sydney Eddison on her garden.

Deanna P. Crawford received her certificate in Floral Design from the Garden in 2003 and is the owner of Delphinium, a custom floral design business in Goshen, N.Y.

Pat Czarnecki holds an MBA from San Francisco State University and received a certificate in Horticultural Therapy Certificate from the Garden. She is a practicing horticultural therapist and owner of GreEn'ergy, LLC, delivering full-service horticultural therapy programs to twenty facilities throughout NJ.

Dan Dalton is an I.S.A. Certified Arborist with the Care of Trees in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Phyllis D'Amico, HTR, is coordinator of the Horticultural Therapy Program at the Garden and a registered Horticultural Therapist with the American Horticultural Therapy Association. She is also a multi-certified teacher who has worked with developmentally disabled children and adults for over 25 years. She is the Lead Science Teacher at the New Jersey Regional Day School at Newark where she has created an award-winning horticultural therapy program that uses gardening, nature studies and environmental education with special needs students of all ages and abilities. Ms. D'Amico specializes in children's garden design, organic gardening, nutrition education, service-learning projects and inclusion programs. She earned a certificate in Horticultural Therapy from the Garden where she has also been an instructor, helping to prepare horticultural therapists for the last 15 years. Ms. D'Amico is the past president of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Horticultural Therapy Association.

Sonia D'Andrea, HTA, holds a MS degree in education and a BS degree from Lehman College and has worked at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, and Bronx Lebanon Special Care Center.

Joyce Demchak has been a floral designer for 30 years. She is an F.T.D. Master Designer and head floral designer for A.C. Moore in Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

Eric DePrano is the Associate Curator of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden and Rose Collections at the New York Botanical Garden. He has worked at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles and maintained the rose collection at the Virginia Robinson Gardens in Beverly Hills.

Caroline DeWilde is the former Director of The School of Professional Horticulture at the Garden. She holds an A.B. in Botany from Wellesley College and a Master of Professional Studies (Ornamental Horticulture) from Cornell University.

Jim Diermeier CGM/CNP, Associate Director of Outdoor Gardens and Home Gardening at NYBG. He has extensive experience in landscape and grounds management and is currently the President of the New York State Turfgrass Association.

Kenneth DiLorenzo, Esq., holds a J.D. from Fordham U. School of Law, and an MS from Columbia U. He has been an instructor of Latin, Greek, and Spanish.

Helen Dimos, ASLA, is a principal of a landscape and site design firm in Ridgefield, Conn.

Sara H. Duarte, MA, is a landscape designer at Hort Couture, Inc. on Long Island with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Development from SUNY Farmingdale.

Philip M. Echo is an avid nature photographer who travels both domestically and internationally in the pursuit of all that nature has to offer.

Sydney Eddison is the 2002 winner of the Connecticut Horticultural Society's Gustaf A.L. Mehlquist Award and author of five books, including The Gardener's Palette.

Rose G. Edinger has 20 years of experience in the floral industry and has taught floral design classes for many years.

William Harris Einhorn, RLA, former landscape architect at the Garden, is a principal of Landscape Design Associates of Westchester, Inc., specializing in residential design and installation.

Anne Marie Evans is a teacher living in England. Author of An Approach to Botanical Painting, she holds a Masters degree in Art and Design. She composed and established the first Diploma in Botanical Painting in the UK and has been directing the Program at the Chelsea Physic Garden ever since it began. She is Honorary Director of the American Society of Botanical Artists and Honorary President of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society. She runs a Summer School in her Studio and believes that anybody can achieve a competent standard with patience and appropriate teaching.

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Donald Ferlow, RLA, ASLA, is a professional wetland scientist and landscape architect. He designed his first wetland in 1977 and created the first wetland biofilter for specific runoff renovation in 1983.

Jodie Fetzer earned an MS in Plant Pathology from the University of Minnesota and currently is as the IPM Manger at the Garden.

Nancy Fiano studied Feng Shui at The Metropolitan Institute of Interior Design. She is a student of R.D. Chin, Feng Shui Architect. She combines her business, Feng Shui Spaces, with Acorn Landscaping Co., Inc., to create harmonious spaces.

Barbara Fisher is the Supervisor of the WAY Greenhouse work site at The Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY.

Todd Forrest, Associate Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections at the Garden, is a graduate of the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Amber Freda designs plant installations for a plantscaping company in New York. She worked, among many other projects, on the orchids and bromeliads for the butterfly exhibit at the Museum of Natural History.

Gwenn Fried is a horticultural therapist at The Glass Garden at N.Y.U. Medical Center and Project FIND Senior Center in NYC. She consults and lectures internationally on development of healing gardens and horticultural therapy programs.

Elena Andrews Gaillard is a past president of the Manhattan Orchid Society, and has been their newsletter editor for 20 years. She has taught numerous orchid classes for beginners for the Horticultural Society of NY and has lectured at local orchid societies and the NYBG.

Josh Galiley is an I.S.A. certified arborist and climber-pruner at the Garden. He holds a BS in Forestry from the College of Natural Resources at the U. of Vermont.

Donald Gambino is a computer artist, consultant, educator, and trainer, since 1983, teaching art directors, multi-level students, and individuals to use computers, software and digital cameras. Formerly the Chairperson of the Computer Art Department at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Donald created the BFA program in Computer Art.

Jody Gangloff-Kaufman holds a Ph.D. in Entomology from Cornell University. She is a Specialist with the N.Y. State Integrated Pest Management Program, Cornell University.

Nancy Gerlach-Spriggs is a co-author of The Restorative Garden: Healing Landscape. She holds a BSLA from City College of New York, and a MLA from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is Executive Co-director of the non profit organization Meristem.

Craig Gibbs earned a BS in Natural Science and currently writes his dissertation in ecology at City University. He has taught for the Wildlife Conservation Society and at City University.

Judy Glattstein is a garden consultant. A popular instructor at the Garden, she lectures on garden topics across the U.S. and abroad. The award-winning author of books on water gardening, shade gardening, bulbs, and more, her newest book is Bulbs for Garden Habitats,
published by Timber Press in 2005. This is her eighth book, and the third about bulbs. Visit her website, http://www.bellewood-gardens.com

Michael Guarino is an arborist at Longwood Gardens in Kenneth Square and was formerly the Foreman of the Arborists in the Horticulture Department at the Garden.

Alan Haigh owns and operates the Home Orchard Company, which has a bearing age fruit tree nursery. He maintains orchards and specimen apple trees in Westchester County.

Carol Hamilton, BA, MA, is an artist whose work has been exhibited at such venues as the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, the U.S. Botanical Garden, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society. She is former president of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the NY Chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.

Barbara Hauge holds B.S. degrees in both Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. She has practiced in the Landscape Architecture department of Peter Gisolfi Associates in Hastings, NY and is currently a freelance landscape designer.

Tom Hilbert is the owner of Hilbert Landscapes in Garnerville, N.Y., a full service landscape design/build company specializing in garden masonry.

Eleanor Hoffman, MA, MSES, is a certified landscape designer and horticultural consultant, Master Gardener, lecturer, landscape historian, and photographer.

Wendy Hollender holds a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in textile design, and earned a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration at the Garden. She is a cofounder of Reiss Hollender LLC, a textile design firm and founder of WH Art & Design, which highlights her botanical original art and prints. Her homepage is www.whartdesign.com.

Rhoda Holzer is teacher and award-winning artist. She holds a BFA from Tyler School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and a Certificate from the Garden.

Katie and Ryan Huish both received their B.S. at Brigham Young University in Utah. Katie double majored in Botany and Horticulture; Ryan majored in Botany with a minor in Socio-cultural Anthropology. Their current research focus is on the ethnobotany of Tonga.

Valerie Imbruce is a Ph.D. candidate in plant sciences at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the New York Botanical Garden. Her research focuses on immigration and ethnic markets, particularly in New York City's Chinese enclaves.

Liz Innvar, BA, AAS, is a horticulturist and garden designer. She is a principal of Liz Innvar, Inc., in New York City.

Jan Johnsen holds a degree in landscape architecture from Friends World College and a Master's Degree in Planning from University of New Orleans. She is author of Ortho's All About Trees. Since 1986 she has been a principal of the design/build firm Johnsen Landscapes & Pools. She was the recipient of the 2003 NYBG "Instructor of the Year Award".

Lauretta Jones, a botanical illustrator, holds a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art, and a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration from the Garden. She formerly taught at the School of Visual Arts.

Claire Won Kang, AIFD, holds a BFA in Commercial Arts and Oil Painting. She is Head Designer at Flowers by Frank Laning, Ltd., and is an award
winning floral designer, known for her floral collages.

Maxine Kaplan, HTM, worked as a horticultural therapist at the Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y. for the past 23 years. She is a Master Gardener and works presently as consultant and lecturer.

Michelle Kehyaian is an ISA certified arborist with a BS in Environmental Design. She is a staff member of the Garden's arboretum and grounds crew.

Leah Kennell, AIFD, an award-winning floral designer, has more than 20 years experience in the industry. She is a curator of Wildflower Island at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining, N.Y.

Marjorie Kern is a noted herbalist who lectures internationally and has appeared on television and radio discussing the use of herbs in crafts and gardening.

Bente Starcke King, born in Denmark, has taught at Cornell University for over 15 years. She paints plant portraits in watercolor, colored pencil, and pen/ink. She has taught and exhibited at The Royal Danish Horticultural Society in Denmark and at the Rhode Island School of Design, among other places. Her book Beautiful Botanicals, How to Draw Flowers and Plants was released in August 2004 by North Light Books.

Bradley Klein, a long-time producer, director and reporter for television and public radio, now produces audio tours for museums as Executive Producer of Acoustiguide Corporation in New York. He is editor of the recently published Damselflies of the Northeast.

Nina Kramer RLA, ASLA, has a practice based in New York City. She has been a visiting critic/lecturer at Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, and the City College of New York. She received her M.L.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Frank Laning, AIFD, AAF, PFCI, is the coordinator of the Floral Design Program at the Garden and owner of Flowers by Frank Laning, Ltd. in Chappaqua, New York. He serves on the advisory board of Flowers & Magazine, Cut Flower Outreach Team, and the Board of the AIFD Foundation. He designed for three Presidential Inaugurations. Frank has presented designs, instruction, and commentary at symposia, conventions, and schools throughout the United States and Asia. He has received the Best of Show award at the Philadelphia Flower Show, the exclusive Tommy Bright Award from PFCI, and he is a Fellow of the Institute (AIFD).

Maureen Laning is a graduate of the Garden's Intensive Floral Design Program. She is the owner of the Bedford Village Florist, Ltd.

Deirdre Larkin is a horticulturist and historian of plants and gardens, and formerly was Historical Horticulturist at The Cloisters. She is writing a book about the medieval plant world.

Katie Lee, MA, is a botanical and wildlife artist, who teaches worldwide
and has illustrated award-winning children's books. Her work is in museum collections and exhibitions around the globe.

Carol Levine is author of A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter. She holds a MA degree in biology education from Fairfield University and currently serves as the Vice President for Bartlett Arboretum in Stamford, Conn.

Mindy Lighthipe, BFA, MA, is the coordinator of the Botanical Art and Illustration program at the Garden. She has earned a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration at the Garden and Certification for Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain from Dr. Betty Edwards. As an artist, Ms. Lighthipe has created work for Costa Flores in Costa Rica, Kitchen Garden Magazine, the Entomological Society, the North Carolina Aquarium, and hosts her own web site, bugsbeastsbotanicals.com.

Gary Lincoff, BA, MA, has taught plant studies at the garden since the 1970s. He is author of several books on mushrooms including The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. He was the recipient of the 2002 NYBG "Instructor of the Year Award."

Arnie Linzer is a Graduate of Farmingdale University with decades of experience in the lawn industry. Currently, he is managing a wholesale fertilizer distributorship and teaching DEC pesticide and recertification courses.

Bill Logan, Certified Arborist and expert in tree assessment, is an award-winning writer about trees, gardens, and natural history. Among his publications is Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. He has taught at the U. of California and Columbia U.

Gerard Lordahl is Director of the Open Space Greening Program for the Council on the Environment of New York City and President of the American Community Gardening Association. He holds degrees in horticulture from SUNY Farmingdale and Cornell University.

Marcus Luck is a partner with Sozo Landscape Design in Manhattan. He holds a BA from California Polytechnic State University, an MA from the University of Washington, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Nancy Mathisen, a long-time member of the Rock Garden Society, studied horticulture at SUNY Farmingdale and works in the Rock Garden at NYBG.

Lori McBride, BA, is a freelance artist and graduate of the Garden Certificate program. She offers private instruction to children and adults.

Kevin McCardle, a Landscape Architect, holds a Masters of Landscape Architecture from the University of Minnesota.

Marta McDowell is a writer, lecturer, and gardener. She holds a BA in American Studies from Rutgers U. and a Landscape Design Certificate from the Garden.

Steven A. McKay, BS, MS, is with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia County as an agriculture extension educator specializing in fruit production.

Melanie Menachem-Riggs, BS, is the principal of her own landscape design firm, which specializes in designing and installing residential landscapes.

Jeff Mendoza is the Principal of J. Mendoza Gardens Inc. and has created exceptional gardens since 1987. Trained as a sculptor he guides a team of landscape architects and horticulturalists to artfully manipulate space, volume and color in the landscape. His solutions to the complicated problems of urban rooftop gardening are admired for their originality and beauty.

Leda Meredith holds a certificate in Ethnobotany from NYBG. She is a professional gardener, writes for Urban Homestead and other publications, and has over twenty-five years experience working with wild edible and medicinal plants.

Sara Cedar Miller has been the Photographer for the Central Park Conservancy since 1984 and the Historian since 1989. She holds degrees from Hunter College and Pratt Institute and is the author of Central Park, an American Masterpiece.

Junko Miura, BA, is an Ikenobo Ikebana Master who was granted the exclusive use of the Ikenobo honorary title "Shojun".

Thomas Molnar, BS, is a plant breeder, doctoral candidate and instructor at Rutgers University.

Eva Monheim is a garden writer, lecturer and horticultural consultant. She holds a B.S. in Horticulture and has been involved in the development and implementation of riparian buffers within the Southeastern Pennylvania Region.

Carol Ann Morly is a freelance natural science illustrator. She holds a degree in illustration from Medway College of Art, England, and has taught at the Garden since 1985.

Holly Porter Morgan holds a Master's from NYU. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Botany, specializing in Tropical Forest Ecology and Pollination Biology.

Stephen Morrell is a graduate of the School of Professional Horticulture. Since 1981 he has been Curator of the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck, N.Y.

Edwin Morris holds a MA in Chinese Cultural History from Columbia University. He is the author of Gardens of China: History, Art and Meanings, and Scents of Time.

Thomas Navin AIA, ASLA received his Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia. He maintains a private practice in architecture and garden design in New York City.

Kathrine Neville, BS, ME, is a Master Gardener, Garden/Floral Designer, lecturer and horticulture consultant.

Gary Novasel, BS, MBA, is a lighting designer and partner at Patdo Light Studio. His work has been published in Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, Metropolitan Home, The New York Times, and Landscape Architect.

David Oettinger holds a Master of Urban Planning and a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from City College. He is a member of Oettinger Associates, Urban & Community Forestry Consulting.

Todd Osmundson holds a M.Sc. in Plant Sciences from Montana State U. He is a student in the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia U.

Paula Panich, MFA,a contributor to The New York Times and other publications, is the author of Cultivating Words: The Guide to Writing About the Plants and Gardens You Love (Tryphon Press, 2005).

Janice Parker is a principal of Janice Parker Landscape Design in N.Y. and Sherman, Conn. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, among other publications.

Susan Pell, Ph.D. is the coordinator of the Botany Program at the Garden. She is the Laboratory Manager of the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies at The New York Botanical Garden. She recently received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. Dr. Pell studies the evolutionary relationships of the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, and travels worldwide to collect specimens for her research.

Néstor Pérez-Molière is a Curatorial Assistant at the Garden's Herbarium and received a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico.

Gerard T. Pfeiffer, AIFD, is the owner of the Old Greenwich Flower Shop in Old Greenwich, Conn. He has over 30 years experience in the floral industry and has been inducted into the prestigious American Institute of Floral Design.

Ellen Spector Platt, MA, was the proprietor of Meadow Lark Flower and Herb Farm in Orwigsburg, PA. She has written nine books on flower and herb topics. Her latest book is Easy & Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden.

Rich Pomerantz is a professional freelance photographer specializing in the field of horticulture. His work is published in the White Flower Farm catalogue and many fine gardening magazines including Garden Design, Organic Gardening and Horticulture.

Joan Prior is Director of District II Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, which include Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk. She is a floral designer who presents at numerous programs, and a Master Flower Show Judge.

Peter Provenzale is a climber-pruner at the Garden. He holds a BS from the University of Massachusetts and an Associate degree in Urban Forestry.

Christopher S. Raimondi is a Certified Interior Landscape Professional, president of Raimondi Horticultural Group, and he has won many awards.

Douglas Raska, AIFD, CAFA, has over 25 years experience as a floral designer in all aspects of the industry, from store management, to trade show moderator and lecturer.

Ted Rathjen is a trained horticulturist and arborist and owner of Wetherford Landscapes, Aquatic and Garden Center in Verbank, New York. He is an award-winning pond builder specializing in pond construction, aquatic plants, native plants, koi, and pond supplies.

Dick Rauh, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in Biological Science from Lehman College and has a Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate from the Garden.

Rick Ray taught ornamental horticulture for over 30 years. Retired from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA , he currently teaches at the Arboretum School of the Barnes Foundation.

Cynthia Reed holds a BA in graphic design from Penn. State U. She is a gardener at the Queen's Botanical Garden where she is responsible for the planning and maintenance for a number of gardens.

Bill Rein is the Horticulturist for the Henry Schmieder Arboretum, with twenty years of experience in horticulture. Bill earned a B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture from Delaware Valley College and an M.S. in Horticulture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches at Delaware Valley College.

Celia Reiss holds a B.S. from University of Wisconsin, Madison in textile design, and an AA from FIT in textile design. She is a botanical artist and a designer, presently designing interiors with her own firm, Celia Reiss Interiors, after designing textiles for 15 years, with her business partner for their firm Reiss Hollender.

Jason Roberts, RLA, holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture and has over 14 years of experience. He is currently a Project Manager for Rose Associates, Inc.

Brad Roeller is Manager of Display Gardens at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. He holds a BS in Environmental Conservation from Cornell University.

Roberta Rosenthal, AAS, owner of RSR Designs, N.Y. is a fine artist, illustrator, designer and consultant. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she has thirty-five years of experience of exhibited and published art. She has taught at NYBG since 1986. Her website, www.robertarosenthal.com, received a Mona Lisa Award in 2004.

Charles L. Ruby is the Executive Vice President of Mid-Atlantic Koi Club, has authored numerous pond-related articles, and has been an active member of the water gardening community for more than 20 years.

Michael Ruggiero is a longtime instructor at the Garden and the former Senior Curator in the Horticulture Department.

Gray Russell, Environmental Outreach Coordinator for the Township of Montclair, N.J., provides information to residents about home composting, recycling, and waste prevention.

Tom Russell, APLD is a landscape designer in Stamford, Conn. He received his certificate in Landscape Design from the Garden.

Margaret Saul currently residing in the USA, is an internationally recognized botanical artist and teacher from Australia who has worked in this field of art since 1976. She is represented in private and public collections around the world and in numerous science and art publications. Four of her paintings are included in the prestigious botanical art collection owned by Dr. Shirley Sherwood, for whom she presents master classes at Orient-Express Hotels. She is the director of the newly established "Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration" in Maryland. View her art online: www.botanicartist.com.

Diane Schaub has been curator of the Conservatory Garden in Central Park for ten years, and does freelance garden design and consultation. She is a graduate of the Garden's School of Professional Horticulture.

MaryAnn Scheblein-Dawson, BS, is a freelance origami artist, instructor, and owner of Paperplay, which specializes in the use of origami in education.

William Schiller is a lecturer of botany for the Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Andrew F. Senesac, Ph.D., is a Sr. Extension Educator for Weed Management with Cornell Cooperative Extension on Long Island, N.Y. He is recognized as the nation's leading expert on weed management in herbaceous ornamentals.

Preety Sengupta received a degree in English Literature in Ahmedabad, India. She authored three books about her experiences as a world traveler.

Ernest Settanni, BS, AAS, MA, has 39 years experience as a floral designer. He has owned and operated numerous floral shops throughout his career in Philadelphia and Florida.

Brendan Sheehan, is a published and award winning designer with a National Diploma in Landscape Technology from South Africa. He has over five years experience in highend residential design in New York and is currently furthering study.

Lois Sheinfeld is a frequent lecturer at the Horticultural Society of New York and Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and has been and educator for more than 25 years.

Michael Siano holds a Certificate in Commercial Horticultural / Flower Garden Design from the Garden. His company, Michael Siano Garden Design, is in Fairfield, Conn.

Kathleen Silberstein, HTR, holds a Certificate in Horticultural Therapy from the Garden and organized a Horticultural Therapy Program at Bergen Regional Medical Center.

Ralph Snodsmith, instructor at NYBG for 35 years, is host of The Garden Hotline® on WOR Radio Network and author of Fundamentals of Gardening, The Tri-State Gardener's Guide for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and New York Gardener's Guide.

Charles A. Sourby, MS, CTRS, is director of Therapeutic Recreation at the Bon Secours New York Health Care System, Schervier Nursing Center, in Riverdale, N.Y., where he assisted in the design of a large therapeutic garden. He holds a BS in Environmental Science from Empire State College and an MS Ed. in Recreation Administration from Lehman College.

B.B. Stamats, BS, owner of Stamats Landscape Design Inc. of Ridgefield, Conn. is a certified member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.

Barbara Palmer Stern, MA, holds Certificates in Commercial Horticulture and Landscape Design from the Garden. She owns her own landscape and garden design firm, From the Ground Up, in Short Hills, N.J.

Ellen Talmage, BS, former president of the Long Island Nursery and Landscape Assn.,and former regional director of the Perennial Plant Association, is the perennial division manager of Talmage Farm on Long Island.

Thomas R. Tavella RLA, ASLA, is a Landscape Architect. He is Vice President for Diversified Technology Consultants, Adjunct Professor at Southern Connecticut State U., and President of the Conn. Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Louisa Rawle Tiné is an artist and illustrator who concentrates on botanical painting. She has thirty years of experience in the fields of commercial and fine arts. She was the recipient of the 2004 NYBG "Instructor of the Year Award".

Bill Tivenan, MA is a horticulturist and published and produced author. He worked as a woodlands gardener in Central Park responsible for the Ramble where he created sustainable plantings with native species.

Ian Tonnessen is owner and principal designer of Flowers by Ian
Tonnessen, Inc., and has over thirty years experience in the floral industry.

Lynn Torgerson is a graduate from the Garden's School of Professional Horticulture. Her firm, Lynn Torgerson Gardens Ltd, specializes in GreenRoofs, rooftop gardens and terraces, plus designs for unusual urban spaces.

Kevin Trotta is a former golf course superintendent. He holds a BS in Landscape Horticulture from SUNY and a MA in Environmental Studies from CCNY.

Kusalee Vachananda, RLA, received a BS in Landscape Architecture from Thailand and a MLA from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She currently practices Landscape Architecture at Quennell Rothschild & Partners LLP in Manhattan.

George Vallo is a designer and owner of Portafiori in Manhattan, specializing in wedding, party, and corporate accounts. His webpage is www.portafioriflowers.com

Michael Van Valkenburgh has received numerous awards and honors for his residential, campus and park designs. He is the former Chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he continues to teach.

Melanie Vassallo is a garden lecturer, writer and photographer. Her most recent book The Daylily was published October 2004 with Timber Press. Melanie has served 5 years as Display Garden Chairperson with the American Hemerocallis Society and 2 years as the Regional Vice President. She is a Past President of the Long Island Daylily Society and grows over 600 varieties of daylilies in her garden on Long Island.

Laura Vogel collaborated on the botanical illustrations for Gleason and Cronquist's Illustrated Companion and Intermountain Flora for the Garden's Institute for Systematic Botany.

John Wazeter is an award-winning photographer with over 20 years experience with 35 mm slide photography. He is a frequent lecturer and judge for tri-state camera groups and organizations.

Larry Weaner founded Larry Weaner Landscape Design, focusing on native gardens since 1982. He is a past Board Member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and lectures widely throughout the US.

Mobee Weinstein is Assistant Foreman of Gardeners at the Garden and holds a BS with a concentration in Plant Studies from Lehman College.

Richard Weir III is principal of Horticulture Solutions, a horticultural consulting firm on Long Island. He is an adjunct professor in the Horticulture Department of Cornell U.

Jack Weiscott is the owner of Ornamental Plantings, a Southhold, LI, NY landscape design firm and greenhouse/retail nursery. He propagates and grows over 50 varieties of ornamental grasses.

Matthew Wichrowski, HTR, is a senior horticultural therapist and curator of the greenhouse collections of the Enid A. Haupt's Glass Garden at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Ronen Wilk, RLA, holds a master's degree in urban planning/design and is a landscape architect at Peter Gisolfi Associates in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

Cheryl Wilks brings hundreds of flower arranging work- shops to all ages and abilities (3-109) during the year. Cheryl has been a guest presenter at the Philadelphia Flower Show for the past 14 years, and a guest on many TV shows.

Lucinda Wynn is an owner of J & L Orchids in Easton, Conn., and has lectured widely on Orchids.

Kim Yaffe, HTR, holds a Certificate in Horticultural Therapy from the Garden and currently develops and facilitates horticultural therapy programs at the Goddard Riverside Community Center in Manhattan.

Linda Yang, MA, has dug in every city condition and authored four garden books. For nearly two decades she was a New York Times garden columnist, and presently is a garden consultant and free-lance writer.

Madeline Yanni is a freelance floral and crafts designer. She creates her own designs and taught crafts classes for adults and for children at various institutions.

Tamson Yeh holds a Ph.D. from the U. of Rhode Island's Division of Entomology. She is an Extension Educator, at Cornell Cooperative Extension, Nassau County, N.Y.

Mihae Yoon, a registered landscape architect, has a MLA from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been involved in site planning and landscape design for over 15 years.

Charles Yurgalevitch, Ph.D., is the coordinator of the Commercial Horticulture Program at the Garden and Director of the School of Professional Horticulture. He earned his BS degree in plant science from the University of Rhode Island, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees in horticulture from Rutgers University. Previously, he was with the University of Florida Extension Service where he developed programs for arborists, landscape architects, and the commercial landscape industry in Southeast Florida.

Ellen Zachos, BA, is the coordinator of the Gardening Program at the Garden. A graduate of Harvard University, she received certificates in Commercial Horticulture (tracks 1, 3, and 4) and Ethnobotany from the Garden. She teaches several Continuing Education classes, covering perennials, annuals, orchid care, garden maintenance, and tropical plants. Ellen is a garden writer and photographer, author of several books and numerous articles. Her company, Acme Plant Stuff, designs, installs, and maintains interior and exterior gardens in the New York area.

Edward Zaremba is an artist specializing in botanical oil painting using the Dutch Master's technique.

Sofia Zuberbuhler holds a Masters in Urban Design and a B.S. in Urban Landscape Architecture from the City College of New York. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and is currently involved in the field of sustainable design.