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Meet the folks at D Acres...
Staff
Board of
Directors
Guest Teachers
D Acres
of New Hampshire Staff:
Joshua J Trought (Executive Director)
is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Colorado
in Boulder. While at the University he participated in School Year
Abroad in Spain studying Spanish & European Economics. The program
provided not only an opportunity to perfect basic Spanish but also an
opportunity to travel Europe and North Africa. In addition, he worked at
Campus Recycling Center in Boulder, which provided an in-depth
experience that illuminated the realities of large scale recycling.
Josh worked at a Health Clinic for Marginalized Peoples in Boulder,
where he served as a nurse’s aid to translate and record vital signs for
predominantly Spanish speaking patients. He was an Intern for the
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder acting
as a research assistant in a project that measured high atmospheric
levels of Methyl Bromide and other greenhouse related gases. During the
summer of 1992, he served as an intern at the National Park Tapanti in
Costa Rica analyzing species diversity and assisting in day to day
duties of park rangers.
After receiving his B.S. in environmental studies, Josh spent several
years interning and volunteering in various environmental and
agriculture projects. These included participating in the
Solar Energy International summer intern training programs in
Colorado, building a straw bale house in the Pacific Northwest, building
a timber home with locally forested materials in Wyoming, post-hurricane
reconstruction of homes on St John, USVI, and farming on several organic
farms and experiencing sustainable communities in the US and South
America. As a self-directed learner, Josh has acquired knowledge and
skill in environmentally sensitive construction and agriculture.
Involved in many community service activities, Josh received the
Dorchester Citizen of the Year award in 2003. Josh currently serves on
the Dorchester Conservation Commission and as the Dorchester
representative to the Pemi Valley Solid Waste Council. In 2006, Josh
was recognized as a leader in his community by the Union Leader in their
"40 under 40" award program.
Josh’s avocation is woodworking and he is a member of several NH
Artists’ Groups including Artistic Roots, an Artists Cooperative in
Campton, NH, and is the president of the Cardigan Mountain Art
Association located in the Mascoma Valley. He is a juried member of the
League of NH Crafters in woodworking.
Over the last ten years, he has developed and implemented the vision of
D Acres of New Hampshire, committed to educating others in environmental
stewardship of land and forests within a framework of community shared
decision-making. Josh’s commitment to social justice and sustainable
living has led to his ongoing efforts to share his knowledge and skill
in underserved areas such as South America. He spent the winters of
2001 and 2002 volunteering with an NGO,
"La Caravana Arcoiris Por La Paz," promoting the importance of peace
and connection to the earth.

Lauren Buyofsky, M.S. (Farm Manager),
originally from New Jersey, joined D Acres in 2007 after spending the
prior three years on the New Hampshire seacoast. Having been fascinated
with the natural world since an early age, Lauren now holds a B.S.
degree in Environmental Studies from The Richard Stockton College of New
Jersey and a M.S. degree in Natural Resources, with a concentration in
Water Resources, from the University of New Hampshire. Lauren had the
opportunity in both 1999 and 2001 to work as a research assistant at
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, Florida, where she
assisted with marine educational programming and studied dolphin
populations in the Indian River Lagoon. In 2002, she interned at a
Rutgers University toxicology laboratory evaluating the health of oysters
in New Jersey's Raritan Bay. Additionally, independent studies focused
on tropical ecology and northeastern medicinal plants allowed Lauren to
further develop her connection to the environment.
In 2006, Lauren completed a research
study at UNH detailing the link between land use practices and
groundwater quality in southern New Hampshire's Lamprey River
Watershed. During her time at UNH, Lauren also played a significant
role in the development of the UNH Organic Garden Club and their 2-acre
campus community organic farm. Lauren currently serves as a member of
the Advisory Committee to the club through the UNH Office of
Sustainability.
A certified herbalist and Usui Reiki
practitioner, Lauren founded
Wise River Herbals, an herbal product-making business, after
completing an apprenticeship at Misty Meadows Herbal Center in Lee, NH
in 2006. Lauren is currently enrolled in the Advanced Herbal
Training program at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center in East Barre, Vermont,
where she is further developing her herbal practitioner skills. In
addition to her love of plants, Lauren has been an equestrian since
childhood. Her experience includes riding, competing, and training
horses of various breeds and disciplines, as well as giving riding
lessons to youth. She served on the on the Board of Directors of
Equine Protection of North America from 2006 through 2008, and she
currently rides and trains
Arabians at
Phase II Show and Sport Horse Ranch.
At D Acres, Lauren focuses on
bringing together her ecological science background and connection with
plant spirit medicine to further develop the D Acres sustainable farm
system. In leading workshops, teaching on-site learners, caring for the
perennial herb gardens, and serving as a conscious member of the
community, Lauren hopes to assist in reconnecting the human spirit to
the gifts of food and medicine graciously offered to us by the Earth.

Bill Errickson, M.S. (Farm Manager) is a 2004
graduate of Stockton College, located in the NJ Pine Barrens. Bill has
spent the past three years working on a M.S. degree at the University of
NH, where he studied soil ecology and sustainable agriculture. Bill was
the Farm Manager for the UNH Organic Garden in 2005 and 2006; he
achieved a Certificate of Permaculture Design from
Humustacia Gardens in 2006. He is a
recipient of scholarships from the New Hampshire Federation of Garden
Clubs, the Durham Garden Club, and the Festival of Trees. Bill was also
recognized by the UNH Office of Sustainability as an Agent of Change in
2006.
Bill’s primary interests lie in evolving a just and sustainable
relationship with the Earth and its inhabitants through education and
celebration. By teaching workshops on home-scale ecological gardening
and leading tours of the integrated farm systems at D Acres, he hopes to
empower individuals to create their own gardens, their own visions of
paradise. Through working with these natural elements and with our
fellow community members, Bill hopes to rekindle that connection that
once nourished our civilization.
Louis Holland
(Hospitality
& Livestock Manager)
I was
born on May 3rd, 1974 in eastern North Carolina. My parents are
David and Janis Holland and I am accompanied by an older sister, Jana
Holland. In my earliest memories, I was always in the woodworking
shop with my father and doing art with my mom. My interests
remained the same through my childhood. I was taking art classes
and building my own cages for various pets of mine by the age of 6.
I started working full-time as a veterinary assistant when I was 17.
I loved working with the animals, which ranged from house pets to farm
animals. I learned to run a printing press for a small newspaper
when I was 19. It was an old press from the 1950s, so it was as
hands-on as any job could be. Every night I had to address a new
problem, fix it quickly, and get the press up and printing again.
Here at D Acres, I am
given the freedom and support to exceed my dreams. My experiences
with building and animals are being utilized and I am learning from the
people as well as from the farm itself. D Acres is an ongoing
educational project and I plan to take a lot of pride in being a part of
it for years to come.
S. Tyler Durham, Youth
Education Coordinator
Before moving to D Acres, Tyler taught 7th grade Special
Education at Epping Middle School, in Epping, New Hampshire, U.S.
History, U.S. Government, World History, and World Geography at Mount
Prospect Academy in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and English at YiChun
University in Jiangxi Province, China. Tyler studied French
language at the Université Aix-Marseille III in Aix-en-Provence, France,
and Geography/Terrain Analysis at Plymouth State University. He
graduated cum laude from the latter institution after working for
several years at an organic vegetable farm.
A polyglot who learned English while living in many different states in
the U. S., French while living in southern France, and Mandarin Chinese
while living in southeastern China, Tyler is now living at the farm and
improving his Poultry language skills. His affinity for communicating
with people and animals of different cultures, backgrounds and ages is
aided by his ability to listen well, his knack for mimicking different
sounds and the unnatural way he is able to shift the shape of his face.
Now that he has joined the staff of D Acres, Tyler is putting his skills
to use kindling the wonder young people naturally hold for everything
around them while encouraging everyone to be more curious about the
world and its people. This task is not difficult when Tyler is leading
tour groups through the D Acres farm system, nor when he is facilitating
hands-on activities at this vibrant place where humans and nature are so
alive. He also brings some of that vibrancy to local schools and other
venues where he performs presentations that relate to the mission of D
Acres for various audiences.
Sarah K. Hall (Certified Yoga Instructor)
Sarah has practiced yoga for more than a decade, moving between a
consistent and absent practice over that period. Her work as a
professional instructor, which began 4 years ago, focuses on a variety
of yoga techniques and disciplines for diverse audiences from California
to New England. She gained her Yoga Teacher’s Certification at the
California Essence School of Yoga in Eureka, CA. Sarah is a yoga
instructor at The Mountain Club on Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH and at D
Acres of New Hampshire. Along with her passion for yoga, Sarah maintains
a strong connection to the natural world. She is currently employed by
New Hampshire Audubon in Concord, NH as an Information & Natural History
Coordinator. Sarah is a graduate of Humboldt State University in
California where she earned a B.S. in Environmental Sciences. Her deep
respect for nature has been evolving since childhood, when undeveloped
woods surrounded her Virginia home, giving the opportunity for wonderful
exploration. Currently, Sarah is developing her passion of medicinal
plants, an interest born in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is in the
midst of an 8-month herbal program at Wisdom of the Herbs School,
studying under herbalist Annie McCleary. Additionally, beginning in the
spring of 2008, Sarah will be attending Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat
Center to participate in an 8-month Apprenticeship Program.
“My
intention as an instructor is to create a focus on the breath (prana),
allowing the body to gently move into postures (asana). This approach
helps to facilitate an increased awareness of the body and breath- which
encourages relaxation, strength building and endurance. My classes are
designed to ensure a safe and comfortable atmosphere that honors
individualities and establishes an environment where individual
expression and appreciation of yoga can occur freely.” –Sarah Hall
D Acres Board of Directors:
Brian Eisenhauer
(Chairman)
Mr.
Eisenhauer serves as an assistant professor of sociology in the social
science department of Plymouth State University, and as the associate
director of the University’s Center for the Environment. His primary
academic specialty is natural resource/environmental sociology. Mr.
Eisenhauer brings a strong background in social research methods and an
active and varied research agenda.
Kevin
Wall (Vice-Chairman)
Professionally, Kevin spent 10 years working seasonally for the National
Park Service (NPS) and the past 4 years with the National Forest Service
(NFS). For the NPS, Kevin worked primarily as an interpretive park
ranger leading various education programs in places such as Boston
African American National Historic Site, Shenandoah National Park (NP),
Great Smokey Mountain NP and Grand Teton NP. His current position with
the NFS is as a Wilderness Ranger here in the White Mountain NF. Lateral
duties for the NPS and the NFS include wildland firefighting, disaster
relief assistance, search and rescue, trail maintenance and visitor
information services. Academically, Kevin received his BA in History and
Geography from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is currently
finishing a Master’s of Education from Plymouth State University.
Kevin’s involvement with D Acres began in 1997 as a work-exchange
volunteer for the summer. He continues to support the organization
through various means including forestry, gardening and serving on the
Board of Directors. In April 2007, he became a permanent resident of D
Acres. He anticipates playing a significant role in the bright future of
our organization.
Dr.
Elizabeth Trought, PhD (Treasurer)
Dr Trought has recently moved to become a full time resident of
Dorchester, NH after living over 30 years in North Carolina.
Professionally she has served as a staff nurse, Head Nurse, Supervisor,
Director of Education, Vice- President for Patient Services and faculty
for BS, MS and PhD students. She has been active in many nursing
organizations. Dr Trought is currently retired from nursing. An active
community volunteer, Dr Trought has served a variety of nonprofit
organizations including the United Way, The Pitt County Health Education
Foundation, the Sierra Club, Operation Sunshine, and the Pamlico-Tar
River Foundation. An active long-term member of the League of Women
Voters, she has served as President and Voter Service Chair of the Pitt
County League and is currently a member of the Upper Valley League. Dr
Trought is a Founder of D Acres of
Michelle Dunn
Ms. Dunn is a dynamic force onsite at D Acres by sharing her expertise
in marketing and administration. She is an author and experienced in
business. She is founder and president of Never Dunn Publishing and her
10 year old Credit & Collections Association has over a thousand
members. Michelle founded and operated M.A.D. Collection agency for 8
years.
Michelle has been named one of the Top 5 Women in
Collections and has been featured in Forbes.com, The Wall Street
Journal, Smart Money Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, PC World, Home
Business Magazine, Home Business Journal, Entrepreneur magazine,
Professional Collector, Credit & Collections Risk, the NH Business
Review, Smart Money magazine, About.com, Master Cards small business
website and in many books including Home Based Business for Dummies. She
has been a featured guest on (NPR) National Public Radio and many other
radio programs as well as published in many newspapers and magazines
nationwide. She has been a repeat guest on television shows such as the
CBS Early Show, The Book Authority and Process for Profit. Michelle has
many published articles and 7 published books. Entrepreneur Press has
released “The Ultimate Credit & Collections Handbook, the check IS in
the mail” penned by Dunn in 2006.
In
addition to writing and marketing her books, Michelle was a member of
The American Collectors Association for 9 years and shares valuable
credit & debt information with business owners on her blog at
www.BizCreditPolicy.com. Michelle is originally from RI and now
lives across the valley in N Groton, NH. Visit
www.michelledunn.com and
www.credit-and-collections.com for more information.
Brett Durham
Brett Durham graduated from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. He worked as an Civil/
Environmental Engineer for 7 years working on and designing ground
water Remediation Systems, Natural Gas Pipelines and Road and Sewer
Projects. From there he went on to teach 7th & 8th Grade Math at an
inner city school in the Boston Area. He moved to Plymouth, NH in
2003 having spent enough time in the city and began building
Log/Timber Frame homes. Currently he is working for the Squam Lakes
Association as the Director of Recreation, responsible for
maintaining the hiking trails, camp grounds, and facilities, as well
as battling the invasive aquatic plant Variable Milfoil. He has
been attending events and functions at D-Acres since the winter of
2003 and is excited to take on a more active role with the
organization.
Mike Long Mr. Long has been a banker in this area for 25 years;
he has lived in the area all his life. He has served as
the Executive Vice President of Community Guaranty Savings Bank since it
began in 1988. Mike, Ron Sibley (president of CGSB) and 9 other
employees of a large bank left when it was taken over by a larger
banking institution and formed CGSB, a locally owned bank. He is
currently chair of the Community Development Finance Authority of
Concord and has been actively involved with many local organizations.
Brian
Marsicovetere Mr. Marsicovetere completed his
undergraduate studies at East Carolina University, and his law degree
from Vermont Law School. Mr. Marsicovetere is an attorney currently
practicing with Griffin, Marsicovetere & Wilkes, P.C. in White River Jct,
Vermont. His professional pursuits include public defense, criminal
justice and personal injury. He is licensed to practice in both New
Hampshire and Vermont. Mr. Marsicovetere is a professional member of
the Vermont, New Hampshire and National Associations of Criminal Defense
Lawyers, member of the Frank Rowe Kenison chapter of the American Inns
of Court, member of the International Association for Chemical Testing
Inc, certified by the Windsor County Bar Association, licensed to
practice in the First District Court of NH, the Federal Court, and
certified to work in the NH and VT supreme courts. Mr. Marsicovetere
considers pro bono work to be an important and satisfying part of his
professional life.
Taylor (Chip) Mauck
After receiving an education in Natural Resource
Management and Forestry from Duke University and the University of New
Hampshire, Mr. Mauck has worked in the renewable energy field for the
past 25 years.
He is currently the owner of Sunweaver, a company
specializing in the installation of renewable energy systems. He also
co-owns the Solar Uprising Soundsystem, a solar electric powered sound
system featuring politically charged music. The Solar Uprising
Soundsystem is committed to using music as an instrument for change and
a healer of spirits. He is co-director of the Traveling Solar Show, a
festival based energy education center funded through it’s solar powered
kitchen.
For the last 13 years he has been actively involved with
SolarFest, a 501 (c) 3 that produces the New England Renewable Energy
Fair. He currently serves as the board’s vice president. His other
interests include writing, homesteading and leading workshops on
reducing our ecological footprint.
Jim Merkel
Mr. Merkel is the author of
Radical Simplicity. Originally a military engineer and
arms trader, Jim changed his life at the time of the Exxon Valdez
disaster, quitting his job and devoting himself to environmental service
and world peace. He downsized his life and lived on $5,000 a year for 16
years. Jim founded the Global Living Project (GLP) and initiated the GLP
Summer Institute where teams of researchers attempted to live on an
equitable portion of the biosphere.
Formerly the Sustainability Coordinator at Dartmouth College, Jim's role
was to integrate environmentally and socially sustainable practices into
the College's operations, culture and strategic plan. His
responsibilities included working with administrators,
faculty, community members and students to provide the knowledge,
skills, and motivation to make Dartmouth a model of sustainability
through the management of its resources and operations; facilities
planning and design; research activities; the curriculum; and the
extra-curricular life of the College. Merkel assisted to develop a strategy to
embed principles of sustainable prosperity in all of Dartmouth's
roles-as a place of learning and research, a business enterprise, and a
member of the local and global community.
Merkel
earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stony Brook University in
1984 and has 12 years of experience in industry. His projects at TRW,
ITT and Photocircuits included energy demand management systems, design
of industrial equipment, military cryptographic communication systems,
and foreign military sales.
In his work to
develop and promote sustainable practices, Merkel founded the
Alternative Transportation Task Force in San Luis Obispo, Calif., that
helped create an interconnected bike lane system throughout the city and
county. He was elected to the board of the Environmental Center of San
Luis Obispo County and to three terms on the Sierra Club's Executive
Committee. As a lobbyist in Washington D.C., he has worked to promote
wilderness legislation, peace and Native American rights. In 1994 Merkel
received an Earthwatch Gaia Fellowship to research efficient resource
use in Kerala, India, and visited communities in the Himalayas. The
following year he founded the Global Living Project (GLP) in British
Columbia and initiated the GLP Summer Institute for the measurement and
reduction of biospheric impact. In 1996 he developed a permaculture
demonstration site where teams of researchers monitored biospheric
consumption for a six-week period. He taught courses on wild edible and
medicinal herbs, alternative construction, renewable energy, timber
framing, ethical money management, ecological footprinting,
bioregionalism, the Science and Practice of Sustainability and gardening
for self-reliance. He is the author of The Global Living Handbook (2000)
and Radical Simplicity (2003).
Jim initiated the "Cycling
for a Sustainable Future" speaking tour that has logged over
17,000 miles delivering lectures and workshops at over 30 colleges and
universities. And in the month prior to joining Dartmouth, Merkel
launched Simplicidad Radical, the Spanish edition of Radical
Simplicity, and toured Spain by bicycle meeting with NGO’s,
universities, and permaculture experiments.
He is a member the Simplicity Forum Steering Committee and the Global
Footprint Network, and has led hundreds of workshops on "Your Money or
Your Life" and sustainable lifestyles. Jim is an avid homesteader, bike
commuter and thrift store patron.
Judi North
Judi North has 7 years experience in
non-profit fundraising and administrative organization in both the Baker
and Upper Valleys. Prior to her fundraising experience, Judi worked in
product development and marketing in the consumer products industry for
almost 15 years. Judi holds a Psychology Degree from Rivier College,
Nashua, NH and a Hotel Sales and Convention Planning degree from Bay
Path College, Longmeadow, MA. Judi lives in NH with her
husband, Greg, daughter, Jesse and yellow lab, Ziggy Stardust. In her
spare time, she enjoys Shaker and Nantucket basket weaving, knitting and
reading.
D Acres
Guest Teachers:
Kayla Dauphine Kayla Dauphine has been folk/circle
dancing since 1995. She has attended numerous dance workshops and week
long dance camps to study with teachers from Europe, South America, and
the United States. She has led dance circles in Plymouth, Wentworth and
Franconia, and presented circle dance programs to senior centers,
women’s groups and schools. Her passion is gypsy dancing and teaching
beginners. She is currently Program Director for Neskaya Movement Arts
Center in Franconia, NH.
Mark Fulford Mark Fulford is a well-known,
independent farm consultant and educator whose range of topics and
expertise encompasses transitioning from conventional to organic and
biological agriculture, soil, crop, and forage nutrition, and preparing
agriculture for peak oil, climate change and economic drift. He also
teaches non-electric water technologies, hands-on skills in organic
orcharding, organic no-till crop production, commercial and small scale
composting, and fundamental rural skills and small farm food
preservation.
Mark Fulford addresses audiences from a wide range of backgrounds and
philosophies embracing common sense, science, and cultural wisdom for
the times we live in. His lifelong study of the natural world and
immersion in agriculture on his own farm and abroad grounds his
practices in experience. Mark and Paula Fulford operate Teltane Farm in
Monroe, Maine.
Gayle Hannan
Gayle Hannan is a Reiki Master and graduate of the Barbara Brennan
School of Healing. In 2005 she attended The Energy Touch School where
she learned advanced holographic energy healing techniques. Gayle has a
B.S. from Northeastern University and has worked in the Real Estate
industry in various capacities for the better part of 25 years. Since
2000 she has developed Hannan Healing Arts, an energy healing practice
in Campton, New Hampshire. She works with people, animals and the
earth. Much of her interest includes raising consciousness awareness of
energy medicine, as well as teaching and helping others to experience
the healing effects of Energy Medicine, which integrates the physical,
emotional, intellectual and spiritual components of Human Energy Field
(aura).
Terry Anya Hayes
Terry-Anya is a Maine-based writer, herbalist and educator, whose past
lives have included lengthy sidebars in New York City, Morocco and the
American Southwest. She raised her three daughters as a single parent
and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1984 with a fistful of honors and
a degree in Film. She is an award-winning poet and writes frequently on
health issues. Terry-Anya’s core herbal teachers remain Rosemary
Gladstar and Peeka Trenkle; she studies whenever possible with other
luminaries of contemporary herbalism.
From childhood, poetry, plants, reverence for the earth, and the desire
to heal have been central to Terry-Anya’s life. In addition to annual
workshops at D Acres, she teaches ethical wildcrafting and plant and
mushroom identification wherever the herbs and fungi beckon, leads
popular classes on herbal medicine making and managing health with
medicinal mushrooms at the Natural Gourmet Institute in Manhattan, and
since 1988 has taught for a week each summer at the International
Women’s Writing Guild conference at Skidmore College. She was
co-director of Poets Union in Brooklyn, New York for over a decade and
is a past president of the New York Mycological Society.
Nylah
Lyman
Nylah Lyman
was born and raised in the Plymouth (NH) area. She attended the Newhouse
School of Journalism at Syracuse University, and earned a bachelor's
degree in public relations and political science. She has worked in
editorial positions at International Data Group, based in Boston,
MA, and at the Colorado Springs Gazette. Currently she
is a member of Women of Words, a local writing group, and is
working toward publishing her first book of poetry. At D Acres, Nylah
leads a monthly writing group.
Darcie Shedd
In 2001, Darcie obtained her Amrit Yoga Teacher Certificate. Since
then, she has fallen in love with teaching yoga. In 2005, Darcie
graduated from Vital Kneads Institute for Massage Therapy and has gone
on to further certifications in Thai Yoga Body Work. She now teaches
yoga to children and adults of all ages. She leads a chair yoga class
at a senior center, and has created weekend retreats and daycare yoga
programs. Darcie is now pursuing a Certification in Anusara Yoga in
North Hampton, Massachusetts, where she participates in monthly training
sessions. At D Acres, Darcie leads an weekly anusara-style yoga class.
Louise Turner
Louise
Turner has a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy with over 30
years of experience in hospital, home care, transitional care, and
nursing home settings. With her medical background she has a deep
understanding of current medical and health issues that our society is
experiencing. Her interests in nutrition and herbal medicine complement
and broaden her medical background. She is a Chapter Leader for the
Weston A. Price Foundation, which supports the restoration of
nutrient-dense whole foods to the American diet along with the necessary
food preparation and preservation techniques.
Louise has shared
her knowledge about food preservation techniques at D Acres and recently
led a workshop on Sauerkraut-Making. In the future she plans on
contributing additional workshops that incorporate preparation of
fermented fruits and vegetables, raw milk and dairy products, meat stock
and broth, and nuts and grains.
Beverly Walker
Beverly Walker is a member of the NH Artists Association. Having studied
with numerous teachers over the years, Walker’s most recent studies have
been at The Studio School in Nashua in master classes with painter James
Aponovich. She received her AA degree in Studio Art from Rivier College
in Nashua. She has also participated in studies at the Art Institute of
NH and the Currier School in Manchester. For over two years she was a
juried member of Artistic Roots Gallery and Teaching Center in Campton,
NH, and has also exhibited at galleries in the lakes region, and in
juried shows throughout the state including the League of NH Craftsmen/NHAA
joint show in Concord in 2004.
At
present she is teaching at D Acres focusing on the fundamentals of
drawing, to help students gain a strong foundation for all art
work-realistic to imaginative and abstract.
Beverly lives with her husband Gary in Wentworth where she maintains
her studio, “Fox Haven,” and continues to explore line, color and space,
as well as collage and making books.
David Wichland, Wichland Woods
Wichland Woods is a
unique local myco-business located in the Monadnock Region of New
Hampshire. By educating the public about mycology, we strive to promote
people’s awareness about the health and ecological benefits of
mushrooms. Through various workshops, Wichland Woods encourages people
to expand their gardening realm into a mycological-friendly landscape.
We educate the public on the techniques of “backyard mushrooming” and
how everyday resources can be used to cultivate their own mycelia
network. We create over a dozen local strains of mushrooms, which are
carefully expanded using sterile techniques. We have trained under Paul
Stamets of Fungi Perfecti and have spent 8 years studying and
experimenting with growing mushroom in a plethora of different indoor
and outdoor mediums.
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