In addition to full-time letterpress printing, I'm an avid home gardener. I'm particularly interested in native gardening, wildlife and pollinator plants. To further develop my interest, I squeezed in two years of the Horticulture Program at the Barnes Arboretum in Lower Merion, PA.

Soon after entering my program at the Barnes Arboretum, I was given the great opportunity to collect specimens from their Fern Collection for a print project.  I produced a series of bookplates, cards and calendars that were sold at the Barnes Museum shop in Philadelphia. From there this small collection grew. If you peruse my daily photos of life in and around my studio, you’ll find that these years of study had a great impact on my life and work.