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Founder Managers:

Petra Ross-Macdonald is a PhD biologist who should be busy planting another 25 trees in her yard at this time of year. She is a member of the Sierra Club, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space and the New Jersey Shade Tree Federation, and is secretary of the Pennington Boro' Shade Tree Commission. She is horrified at the destruction of Duke Gardens in the name of 'going green', and fears the backlash against environmentalism.

Candida Frith-Macdonald is a much-in-demand editor of horticultural books. She was a member of the Growing Schools Garden 2007 team that won the prestigious Tudor Rose for Best in Show at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. She demonstrated her strong commitment to environmental education by growing 2000 plants for the culinary display in that garden, and by attempting to dye her children blue with woad (it worked on the fabric, not on their skin). She is more accustomed to Gardens being built rather than destroyed by their owners..

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