Margaret Roach

Apparently the die was cast the day Matt Cohen and Elizabeth Hargrave met 25 years ago, when their first conversation turned to composting with worms. This would be a relationship between two people for whom the natural world was always front of mind.Mr. Cohen was working for a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., facilitating community and

The landscape designer Donald Pell believes using a wider palette with nonnatives from around the world can add joy to gardens.The naturalistic landscapes that Donald Pell creates meet with approval from such discerning constituents as pollinators and birds, and seeing and hearing their feedback delights him in return.But when Mr. Pell begins to conceive the