I'm Gayle Larson and I started Dancing Raven Design to share my enthusiasm for growing food with other home gardeners. It's not something that came naturally--my mother always had a beautiful garden while I was growing up, so of course I was completely uninterested...

 In 1999, my husband and I moved into a house on the Kitsap Peninsula with a yard that just cried out for help.  I spent the first year reading everything I could find on gardening in the Pacific Northwest.  Once we broke ground and dug up that first section of lawn, I was hooked!   
    
This fascination with plants took me to Edmonds Community College and a degree in Landscape Design.  While working for a landscaping company, I passed the Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association's Certified Professional Horticulturist exam.  But, growing vegetables and small fruits has been my not-so-guilty obsession since I started, so in 2006 I decided to focus exclusively on helping other folks learn to do it, too.

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