Life long nature lover living in the abundantly biodiversity Blue Ridge mountains...architect long-focused on "biophilic" design, which I define as "architecture that enhances and intensifies the human-nature connection". I am also a trained Virginia Master Naturalist volunteer, a past Richmond Tree Stewards trainee and serve on the JRPS Invasive Plants Task Force. I am here purely for the enjoyment of sharing and learning from others, in the spirit of a favorite quote from Aldo Leopold: "“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot”!