David Cavagnaro had begun to return to a childhood passion of gardening in 1970. More than 15 years of intensive flower, fruit and vegetable gardening in Central California resulted in the beginnings of a new "career" in horticultural photography. Eight subsequent years managing the genetic preservation gardens for the Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa helped build a definitive file of heirloom flower and vegetable photos and expanded his nature file broadly with Midwestern subjects. Three acres of personal flower and vegetable gardens now afford a living palette of opportunities for highly personalized garden design and horticultural photography. Throughout this personal evolution, interpreting and celebrating the beauty of this world we share, has remained the prime inspiration behind his work. Whether through direct or vicarious experience with nature or through the co-creative process of gardening, helping others to reconnect with the earth remains his fervent passion.