I consider myself very fortunate, since my vocation and avocation go together so well. I love gardening, and enjoy writing and lecturing about plants and design. I have authored six books and am at work on the seventh. "Consider the Leaf: Foliage as a Foundation for Garden Design" will be published by Timber Press in 2002. As well as occasional magazine articles, I write a monthly gardening column for the Hersam-Acorn Press newspapers in Fairfield County CT and Westchester County NY. I teach at The New York Botanical Garden and for Cook College of Rutgers University in their Office of Continuing Professional Education. I speak to garden clubs and horticultural groups across the United States and abroad. For me, gardening is the never-ending story.