Adult Education - New York Botanical Garden

Hanna Packer holds Certificates in Landscape Design and
Ornamental Horticulture from the Botanical Garden, and is a
design associate at Town and Gardens, Ltd., in New York.
Her design work has garnered several professional awards.
Janice Parker founded Janice Parker Landscape Design in
1984. Among her accolades is the design of the Cherry Tree
Project for NYRP and the NYC Parks Dept., and winning the
Innovation in Design Award from Connecticut Cottages and
Gardens for 2010 and 2009.
Megan Paska is a Brooklyn-based blogger, instructor,
and urban gardener. When she was young, her family
maintained a 450-acre farmstead in Virginia. She has written
for Huffington Post and has been written about in New York
Magazine and National Geographic.
Jody Payne See page 19 for description.
Martin (“Marty”) Payson has been recognized for his
scholarship on Giverny. An avid gardener himself, he has
read extensively and studied both the painted works of
Claude Monet, as well as his flower and water gardens at
Giverny, which he visits often.
Susan Pell, Ph.D. See page 51 for description.
Rose Pellicano is a member of the American Society
of Botanical Artists and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Florilegium Society. Her work has been exhibited in juried
exhibitions in the United States and at the Royal Horticultural
Society in London.
Ann Perkowski is the founder and principal of Lady
Clippers, Inc., in Bedford, N.Y., specializing in fine garden
pruning. She is also a Master Gardener with Cornell
Cooperative Extension.
Rich Pomerantz is a professional photographer specializing
in the field of horticulture. His work has been published in
many fine-gardening magazines, including Garden Design
and Horticulture. His latest book is Hudson River Valley
Farms.
Denise Porcaro See page 32 for description.
Anya Pozdeeva is the owner of Vertically Integrated Farms
and a co-founder of the Society for Aquaponic Values and
Education (S.A.V.E.). She teaches urban farming in an afterschool
program at THE POINT Community Development
Corporation in Hunts Point, South Bronx, and lectures in
conjunction with various institutions.
Kelly Radding earned a Certificate in Botanical Art and
Illustration from the Botanical Garden. She has been a
graphic designer and illustrator since 1982, specializing in
natural science as well as botanical subjects, and has widely
exhibited her work.
Christopher S. Raimondi, CLP, is president of The
Raimondi Group, a horticultural, floral, and event-planning
firm. An instructor at the Botanical Garden for over 15 years,
he is active in numerous trade associations, serving on
several boards.
Dick Rauh, Ph.D., received a Gold Medal for his illustrations
of dry fruits and other remnants in the January 2006 Royal
Horticultural Society Flower Show in London, where he also
earned a Best in Show.
Marilyn Reilly earned a Certificate in Botanical Art and
Illustration from the Botanical Garden. She is a retired high
school science teacher.
Lucy Reitzfeld, BFA, is a landscape painter who exhibits
nationally and abroad and is represented by John Davis
Gallery. Her work is in many public and private collections,
including Bank of Tokyo, George Washington University, and
Hilton Hotels. She teaches landscape painting at the School
of Visual Arts.
James Robyn See page 19 for description.
Isa Rodrigues is a Brooklyn-based textile conservator and
educator, and has been involved with the Textile Arts Center
for the last two years. She started the Sewing Seeds project,
an educational program about natural dyes which includes a
natural dye garden, CSA (Community Supported Agriculture),
workshops, and online resources.
Brad Roeller is the landscape manager of a fine estate in
the Hudson Valley.
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Noel Rose, owner of Anchor Aquarium Service, Inc., has
collaborated with Fritz Haeg on a pond installation at the
Whitney Museum’s 2008 Biennial and, in 2009, on the
Dome Colony X in the San Gabriels exhibition at X Initiative
in Manhattan.
Roberta Rosenthal is a fine artist, published botanical
illustrator, and commercial designer with more than 35
years of experience. She is the owner of RSR Designs in
Bloomingburg, N.Y.
Michael Ruggiero is the horticulturist at Matterhorn Nursery
in Spring Valley, N.Y. Former Senior Curator of Horticulture
and a long-time instructor at the Botanical Garden, he
lectures and writes on gardening topics and has authored
several books.
Sarah Ryhanen See page 32 for description.
Katherine Sabatino earned a Certificate in Horticultural
Therapy from the Botanical Garden and works in the
Greenhouse Horticultural Therapy Program at Bergen
Regional Medical Center in Paramus, N.J. She serves on
the board of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American
Horticultural Therapy Association.
Kathleen Salisbury is co-owner of DeVosBury Designs,
an ecological landscape design and horticultural consulting
business. She is also an adjunct professor in the Landscape
Horticulture Technologies Department of the County College
of Morris in New Jersey.
Magda Salvesen is an art and garden historian with MA
degrees from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and
the Courtauld Institute in London. A former board member
of the Queens Botanical Garden, her most recent book,
Exploring Gardens and Green Spaces: From Connecticut to
the Delaware Valley, was published in 2011.
Maggie Saska is an experienced horticulturist. Her extensive
background in growing plants for commercial resale helped
launch First Bloom Farm LLC, her cut-flower production
business in central Connecticut.
Robert Schilke is owner of Schilke Enterprises and Schilke
Lawn Systems. He is Chairman of the Conn. and N.Y.
Irrigation Contractors Association.
Thomas Sebenius helped create floral masterpieces for
the Tournament of Roses Parade in his native Pasadena,
California, for more than 20 years. Tom has combined his
passion for drama, pageantry, and botanicals at New York
City’s Starbright Floral Design where he has served as
Creative Director for 5 years.
Sarah Saltus Siddig earned a Certificate in Botanical Art
and Illustration from the Botanical Garden. She has taught at
the Wooster School Art Center in Danbury, Conn., and her
work has appeared throughout New England.
Vincent Simeone is Director of Planting Fields Arboretum
State Historic Park in Oyster Bay, N.Y. and a lecturer, garden
writer, and horticultural consultant. He has written four
gardening books, including Great Landscape Evergreens.
Stephen Sinon, MLS, ACA, is Head of Information Services
and Archives in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at the Botanical
Garden. He travels extensively, researching art and topics
pertaining to horticulture and botany. He is a member of
the International Council on Museums and the Council of
Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.
Nancy Slowik works at Bard College’s Hudsonia Ltd. as
a biologist conducting biodiversity assessments in the
Hudson Valley region. She received a master’s degree in
Environmental Science from the College of Staten Island,
CUNY. Her volunteer projects include working with the
Tree of Peace Society, providing workshops on plant
identification.
Adrian Smith See page 19 for description.
Edgar Sosa-Mièles was formally trained in France in
commercial horticulture at the University of Paris. He is a
landscape designer and has 18 years of experience teaching
horticultural therapy with an emphasis on plant propagation.
Sara Stopek holds a Certificate in Horticulture from the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. She is principal of Sara Gardens,
where she designs, installs, and maintains gardens for and
with client gardeners-in-training. She has written on a wealth
of gardening topics.
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Chris Strand See page 3 for description.
Tom Stuart-Smith See page 3 for description.
Lisa Switkin See page 19 for description.
Bill Thomas See page 3 for description.
Louisa Rawle Tiné is an artist and illustrator with a
concentration on botanical painting. She has 30 years of
experience in commercial and fine arts, and in 2004 was
the recipient of the Botanical Garden’s Instructor of the Year
Award.
Ian Tonnessen, owner and principal designer of Flowers by
Ian Tonnessen, LLC., has more than 30 years of experience
in the floral industry.
Ryan Torres is a consultant and educator. A Certified
Arborist and Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional,
she is Horticulturist for the Town of North Hempstead in New
York.
Ryoko Ueyama See page 2 for description.
Laura Vogel, who has taught at the Botanical Garden for 16
years, has provided botanical illustrations for the Illustrated
Companion to Gleason and Cronquist’s Manual of Vascular
Plants and for Intermountain Flora. She has taught field
biology at William Paterson University.
Marguerite Webb See page 42 for description.
Mobee Weinstein is Foreman of Gardeners at the Botanical
Garden, holds a BS in Plant Studies from Lehman College,
and is a graduate of the School of Professional Horticulture.
She is a NOFA-accredited Organic LandCare Professional
and has more than 30 years of experience.
Robert Welsch, who earned a Certificate in Landscape
Design from the Botanical Garden, is owner and founder
of Westover Landscape Design in Westchester County. His
container gardens were featured on the cover of This Old
House Magazine.
Nancy White owns The Flower Bar in Larchmont, N.Y.
She earned a Certificate in Floral Design from the Botanical
Garden.
Francine Douwes Whitney, APLD, MFA, earned a
Certificate in Landscape Design from the Botanical Garden.
Now a freelance designer, previously she worked in media
production for almost 20 years.
Matthew Wichrowski, HTR, is a senior horticultural
therapist at the Glass Garden at Rusk Institute, NYU Medical
Center, and Curator of the Greenhouse Collections of the
Glass Garden.
Wallis Wilde-Menozzi has taught and lectured widely in
Europe and America. Her poetry, essays, and short stories
have appeared in publications from Best Spiritual Writing to
Granta.
Ronen Wilk, RLA, is a landscape architect at Peter Gisolfi
Associates in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Carol Woodin See page 48 for description.
Madeline Yanni is a freelance floral and crafts designer
and holds a Certificate in Floral Design from the Garden.
She creates her own designs and teaches crafts classes for
adults and for children at various institutions.
Kongjian Yu See page 2 for description.
Charles Yurgalevitch, Ph.D. See page 5 for description.
Julianne Zaleta is a natural perfumer, aromatherapist, and
herbalist who has trained with Michael Scholes, Jeanne
Rose, and Mandy Aftel. Owner and sole proprietor of Herbal
Alchemy Apothecary, she creates aromatic and therapeutic
remedies and elixirs for a wide variety of ailments.
Charles Zimmerman is a specimen digitizer at the Botanical
Garden, where he works on several projects designed to
photograph and digitally catalog botanical specimens in the
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium.