Meet our team

When I was a child I never saw myself as a gardener. Growing up in the suburbs, the yard work chores and mowing I had to do were among my least favorite things. But I developed a love of the outdoors, camping, canoeing, rock climbing and fishing. These interests helped me to discover how amazing nature is when it can take its own course. Later in life I discovered martial arts and Tai Chi and Qigong, these practices have helped me see the connection between internal and external nature. When I first wanted to grow a garden I was not very successful because I didn’t understand what it needed to thrive. I began to see the drawbacks of large scale agriculture to our world and environment as well as to our health. I began to see that the simplicity of healthy food grown in family gardens and small farms is a benefit both nutritionally and environmentally. I began to see that the wild places around where I live contain what we need. My initial idea for Twin Fish Gardens was to simply grow a little extra to share and to have a small crop to sell. I initially wanted to just have a garlic crop. Teresa and I began experimenting with making tea from our mint patches and some of the wild plants around us. We eventually discovered that the wild places surrounding us were full of nutritious and medicinal plants. Our idea for Twin Fish gardens evolved into learning to dry herbs and to blend natural tea. These things have enriched our lives and we are very excited to share these discoveries with others.