New Millennium

In his youth, he was raised by the City of Roses, with its many horticultural societies, and implored to hybridize by the late Ray Spooner and Jerry Justice of Oregon and Justice Miniature Roses, respectively.

He has an Associate of Applied Science in Horticulture, a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, and graduate studies in plant genetics. He spent many years of interstate work as a wholesale nursery Inventory Manager and landscape estimation Project Manager.