I enjoy spending as much time as possible out-of-doors either in the garden at home or visiting other parks, gardens, or arboretums.  My job gives me opportunity to travel to new places, and any chance I get, I try to visit a local park or nature center in the area we are working.   Sometimes I'll drag along my husband, Bill, and best friend, Rylie the Vizsla -- whether they like it or not.  Though most times they do!

An avid gardener and native plant enthusiast, I'm always researching and looking for new information and ways to improve my little plot we call home...for the birds, the bees, all the little creatures that visit, for our health and future. Everything on Earth is connected and what you do to the land, you do to yourself.