Lee Schneller earned degrees in Chinese Language and
Literature and Asian History, studied in China and lived in
Japan for four years. She worked as a Japanese technical
translator for ten years before founding Lee Schneller Fine
Gardens in 1995. Her company specializes in building
Japanese-inspired, naturalistic and continuously-blooming
gardens. In addition to garden design, Lee gives talks, slide
shows and workshops and is currently writing a book on
continuously-blooming garden design. Click here for resume
. (photo by Deborah Smith)
Noah Gottlieb
After graduating from the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor,
Noah worked on Mount Desert Island for several years in
stone masonry and landscaping. He then worked for three
years at Asticou Azalea Garden in Northeast Harbor, a
highly-acclaimed Japanese-inspired garden, with head
gardener Mary Roper. Noah joined our company in 2004. He
traveled in Japan for a month in 2006 and attended the
Intensive Seminar on Japanese Gardens at the Kyoto
University of Art and Design. He lives in Whitefield with his
wife, Liza, and their two young daughters. (photo by Phil
Roberts)
Wang Chen Dorje is a Tibetan Buddhist
who was granted political asylum in the
United States in 2004. He walked across
the Himalayas to India at age 14 and lived
in a monastery there. In his twenties he
traveled to countries all around the world
with other monks on goodwill missions,
ending finally in Rockport, Maine. We
benefit from Wang Chen's gardening skill
and his wonderful spiritual perspective.
(photo by Lee Schneller)
Liz Stanley worked as an art director, illustrator,
painter and designer for 20 years after graduating
from the Rhode Island School of Design. She now
divides her time between gardening and her staff
position at University of Maine Cooperative
Extension. Liz is a Master Gardener and an active
volunteer in many community organizations. She
lives in Warren with her husband, Ike, son Ivan and
many pets. (photo most probably by Ike Johnson)
Julie Rogers and her husband, Mike,
are captains of the Jenny Norman, a
schooner sailing out of Rockland. She
earned a degree in Botany from the
University of New Hampshire and also
works as a massage therapist. Julie
has been on maternity leave since the
arrival of her daughter, Lily, in 2005, but
we expect to see her again before long.
(photo by Phil Roberts)
Cindy Waite is a native of Millinocket and a
graduate of the University of Maine
Cooperative Extension Master Gardener
course. She takes care of our bookkeeping as
well as keeping her hand in with gardening
work in the field. (photo by Liz Stanley)
