Matthew is the Executive Director of The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park and former Director of Continuing Education at Longwood Gardens.  He has over 20 years of experience in the Landscape, Nursery, and Public Horticulture arena including vast knowledge of growing vegetables and fruits in small scale farms and gardens.  He built the urban agriculture program at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio where he taught the next generation of urban farmers top techniques for designing edible gardens including the creation of a 5-acre master plan that focused exclusively on edible and native,edible plants.  He is an avid traveler and photographer and is looking forward to sharing some of his knowledge with all of you.