Seedleaf's Gardeners

Ryan Koch (left)

I am a licensed professional counselor associate (LPCA) practicing in Lexington, KY. I completed my graduate degree (MA Counseling) at Asbury Theological Seminary in 2005. I have a background in experiential learning and have had extensive training and practice in challenge course facilitation and in leading backpacking trips. My training to date motivates me toward therapeutic interventions based on an action-reflection model as opposed to traditional talk therapies.

My conversion to gardening was spurred on in part by David and his family since 2004. He has mentored me on his farm as well as on a garden in Lexington. I have come to imagine how gardening can be used to promote the integration of one’s physical and mental health. I see too how gardening can help a community grow together by sharing the work and the food.

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David Wagoner (right)

I have been creating gardens for nearly twenty years. After earning a Landscape Architecture degree at the University of Kentucky my interest in garden design and hands-on landscape gardening led to several years of free-lance work in the U.S. and France.

While living in Alexandria, Virginia, my interests tipped strongly in the direction of mainly gardening for food. I grew a kitchen garden in my small back yard, then spearheaded the creation of a community garden in my neighborhood. Further experience came while employed as a full-time gardener at George Washington’s Mt Vernon Estate.

The opportunity to return to Kentucky came in 1997 and I began to farm full time. With my wife, Arwen, I established Three Springs Farm Community Supported Agriculture which has become central Kentucky’s longest running CSA. I look forward to working closely with Ryan and SeedLeaf in 2008 to share my organic gardening experience with Lexington’s community gardeners.