Ted is a MD certified professional horticulturalist with a Masters in Landscape Architecture. He grew up on the nursery farm and worked as a Foreman over his summers in high school before receiving his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University. He is an active sponsor/member of the MD Hort. Society, ASLA, Ladew Gardens and other local organizations that promote horticultural and environmental stewardship and education.

Ted is a board member of the Maryland Nursery, Landscape, and Greenhouse Association and sits on the Advisory Committee for the Horticulture Program at the Community College of Baltimore County. He is also a board member of the Long Green Land Trust, concerned with the preservation and stewardship of farmland in the Long Green Valley. When not at the farm, he loves to travel to exotic gardens with his wife and son and search out great barbecue.