2011 Speakers
 

Janet Grosshas officially been a Master Gardener for 6 years, and is also now a certified woody plants expert.  She grew up sitting in trees reading her father's herbals and helping him with his beekeeping. She has taught landscape design and gardening classes for continuing education at CCBC, is a Master Composter and certified native plants expert. She has a huge interest in herbs and landscape design.  Janet grows both culinary and medicinal herbs on an acre and a quarter in Catonsville.  On another part of the wellness continuum, she is also a licensed massage therapist and is honored to facilitate others' healing. She enjoys educating people about their bodies and how to treat them well.  She believes that Gardening touches on all aspects of healing, including mental, emotional, spiritual and physical health.

Philip Tulkoffis the president of Tulkoff Food Products and is the grandsonof the founders Harry & Lena Tulkoff.  Phil took over as President in 2005.His previous experience includes eleven years in the aerospace engineeringfield and eleven years in computer consulting.  He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Bucknell University and his MBA from Loyola University.

Dr. Andrew Pengellyis a key member of the Herbal Medicine Department of Tai Sophia Institute (Maryland) where he serves in the teaching faculty, director of the herb dispensary and lead research officer. He completed professional training programs in botanical medicine, naturopathy, and homoeopathy in 1983 at the Southern Cross Herbal School (Australia), and obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of New England in 1997. During this period, he practiced as a medical herbalist, lectured widely in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States and was nominated a fellow of the National Herbalists Association of Australia. In 2002, he initiated a research project into the ethnopharmacology of Australian indigenous plants, completing a doctoral thesis on the topic in 2008. Dr. Pengelly is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild and United Plant Savers, and is currently researching and documenting medicinal uses and ecological aspects of traditional Appalachian herbs.

Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological systems and landscapes throughout the Americas for the last 16 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia LLC, edible & ecological landscape design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research. While he continues to raise awareness and funds for his project in Nicaragua in the U.S., Michael currently offers design consultation and implementation services specializing in edible landscapes through Ecologia, LLC.  More information at www.ecologiadesign.com