Getting Started
I've been gardening since the age of thirteen. My husband and I have owned four homes and we have done extensive rehabilitation on the properties that we have owned in different parts of the country. The most recent property is here in Connecticut. In 1997 I started expanding my gardening to other properties beyond my own. After leaving my job as president of a non-profit in 2008, devoting my time to the outdoors has been my priority. It was then, in 2008, that I started working for an arborist and began studying arboriculture. I worked four years there learning about trees, diseases, and insects and am now involved with organizations like the Connecticut Tree Protective Association, I'm a member of the New England chapter of ISA, and have attended numerous seminars along with attending Arboriculture 101 (classes focused on the study of trees). I entered the Master Gardener Program through the University of Connecticut in 2011 and graduated in 2012. For those of you tha