Brian BixleyBrian and Maureen Bixley have been gardeners for fifty years. Lilactree Farm, their 2.5 acre (1 ha) garden, has been featured in local and international books and articles. Brian has organized major gardening conferences and written many articles forgardening publications in England, Scotland, the United States, and Canada, as well as The Canadian Gardeners' Journal and The American Gardeners' Journal. His writing experience also includes Essays on Gardening in a Cold Climate and Ten New Snowdrops with Hallie Watson. He and his wife live in rural Ontario.

Photographer Des Townshend graduated in digital photography from the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts in 2009. Projects include work for a travel magazine, photo essays on artisans in Ireland and Canada's First Nations, together with industrial photography for web-sites. He divides his time between Canada and his native Ireland. Read More Read Less