Robert Andreucci
Bob started his career as a science teacher. He left to join Bartlett Tree Experts where he stayed for 17 years as a New Jersey Certified Tree Expert and an ISA Certified Arborist. He is now back in the classroom teaching biology, chemistry and environmental science at the High School level, where he loves his job.

Leslie Barlow
Leslie is co-owner of Barlow’s in Sea Girt and has been featured many times on News 12 New Jersey. She is a guest speaker for local gardening clubs and is always hunting for useful accessories for the home garden.

First and foremost, Tom loves the outdoors.

His lifelong interest in gardening and passion for environmental stewardship led to the founding of the Gardener News, where Tom is a featured columnist, executive editor and publisher.

As a landscape professional by trade for over 20 years, Tom found local information on gardening and landscaping difficult to locate. After successfully completing a Master Gardener course, Tom recognized the need to assemble, publish and disseminate information of interest to the gardening public in a print-friendly format. The Gardener News germinated in April 2003 and continues to bloom today. Gardener News is the leading gardening newspaper in the New Jersey metropolitan area, delivering in-depth, comprehensive coverage of local gardening news and events.

Tom has been an active member of his community for many years and is involved in a number of organizations. He is currently the North/Central Chapter Chairman for the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association; a member of the Garden Writers Association; a founding member of the Garden State Gardens Consortium; a member of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Pesticide Task Force and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Healthy Lawns Healthy Water Work Group; a member of the Eastern Produce Council, the Garden Club of New Jersey, the New Jersey Farm Bureau, and a founding trustee for the Wagner Farm Arboretum Foundation.

Tom also serves on the advisory committee for the Somerset County Vocational - Technical High School's Horticulture and Landscape Technology program.

Tom’s experience and unique ability to take complicated subjects and present them in a fresh, entertaining and easily understood style was noticed, and his first recurring television opportunity sprouted. From June 2001 to October 2008, Tom was featured as the “Backyard Gardener” on News 12 New Jersey every Sunday night and Monday. His two-minute segments featured eco-friendly gardening; landscape do’s-and-don’ts; lawn mower and equipment safety; tree, shrub and turf tips; picking and choosing fruits, vegetables and flowers; organic gardening; public gardens; pavers and hardscaping; and other gardening-related topics. News 12 New Jersey is the exclusive 24-hour local news cable channel dedicated to serving 14 counties in Northern and Central New Jersey.

In January 2008, Tom was a featured guest on Daily Connections, an informative and entertaining one-hour talk show that airs on Ebru Television. Daily Connections covers topics on health, family and relationships, as well as home, gardening, beauty and fashion. Ebru Television airs on satellite networks.

Tom has received many accolades for his contributions to the field. In June 2007, he was recognized for his “sincere appreciation and outstanding contributions and dedication” to the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. At the Rutgers Gardens annual dinner in December 2006, Tom was recognized with a “Media Specialist Award” in sincere appreciation for the time and talents so freely contributed for the benefits of the Rutgers Gardens. In September 2006, at the 30th Anniversary of the Rutgers Home Gardener’s School, Tom received the Rutgers-Cook College Continuing Professional Education’s “Community Outreach Award.”

In 2006, Tom drafted a bill (S-134), sponsored in the New Jersey Legislature by Senator Nicholas P. Scutari, which requires every commercial pesticide applicator in the state to use a silver flag to mark areas where pesticides have been applied. In addition, the bill would prohibit the use of silver flags to mark anything likely to be confused with a pesticide application. The exclusive color requirement is intended to distinguish pesticide flags from, among other things, those used for invisible dog fences, underground utility lines and mark outs, septic tanks, and underground piping. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate's environment committee on May 19, 2008, and is awaiting a full Senate vote. In the Assembly, it has been sponsored by Assemblywoman Nancy F. Munoz, and co-sponsored by Assemblywoman Linda R.Greenstein, and Assemblyman John F. Amodeo. Assembly No.1592 has been referred to the Assembly's environment and solid waste committee.

In 2008, Tom drafted another bill that will provide licensure of landscape professionals and the registration of professional landscape businesses. On October 20, 2008, Senator Nicholas P. Scutari introduced it. The bill is Senate No. S-2302.

Tom made a guest appearance on “GardenSMART” in October 2008. He provided the introduction for show 1305, filmed at Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. In October 2006, he provided the gardening tips on shows 412, 413 and 501, also filmed in New Jersey. “GardenSMART” is a unique, exciting, informative television gardening program broadcast on local Public Broadcasting Stations (PBS) throughout the United States.

Tom was a featured speaker at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Springfest Flower and Garden Shows, fondly known as "The Garden Lover's Flower Show" in Augusta, N.J. He was also a featured speaker at the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 MAC Events "New Jersey Flower and Garden Show" in Edison, N.J. Tom has presented to many garden clubs and community organizations as well.

Tom has also been honored as the “Volunteer of the Year” by the Professional Landscape Alliance of New Jersey in 2005 and as the “Volunteer of the Year” at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture in 2004.

He also has been featured and/or mentioned in the following publications: The New York Times, The Star Ledger, Courier News, Italian Tribune, Elegant Lifestyles Magazine, New Jersey Countryside Magazine, Out & About Magazine, Seasons by Rebecca, The Record of Bergen County, The Journal, Echoes-Sentinel, Bernardsville News, Hillsborough Beacon, Ocean County Observer, Landscape Contractor National, and the New Jersey Herald.

Tom has also been featured on NJN News, UPN 9 News, Fox 5 News and CNN. And, in 1994, Tom was an extra on the hit NBC television comedy series “Frasier.”

Tom proudly lives and gardens in New Jersey, the Garden State.

Cherry Huntoon
Cherry is the director of the Kings Cooking Studio.

Ken Karamichael
Ken is coordinator of the Rutgers Home Gardener’s School and an honorary member of the Professional Landscape Alliance of New Jersey.

Paul Kneeland
Paul Kneeland, also known as "The King of Produce" is vice president of Produce and Floral for Kings Super Markets. He has a degree in Business Management from Boston College, is certified in food safety with ServSafe, and serves as a board member for the Eastern Produce Council.

Rebecca Kolls
Master Gardener Rebecca Kolls hosted NBC's nationally syndicated show "Rebecca's Garden" for 11 years. She's been the lifestyles and gardening contributor for ABC's Good Morning America, since 1998, is the author of the book, "Rebecca's Garden: Four Seasons to Grow on," and publishes her own magazine, "Seasons by Rebecca."

Craig Korb
Craig is executive chef at The Crab's Claw Inn, Lavallette, NJ. He has an Associates degree in Culinary Arts and a Bachelors degree in Food Service Management from Johnson and Whales University.

Bob La Hoff
Bob is co-owner of Hall’s Garden Center in Union County, a member of the Union County Board of Agriculture, the Professional Landscape Alliance of New Jersey, the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association, the American Boxwood Society, the European Boxwood Society, a lifetime member of the Conifer Society and serves on the retail council for Monrovia Growers. He is also a member of the Garden Writers Association.

Joe Lamp'l
Passionate about all things green since childhood, Joe Lamp’l has gardened both personally and professionally for more than 30 years. Joe’s infatuation for gardening began in Miami, Florida when he stuck a broken branch from his parent’s favorite plant into the ground. A few weeks later, it had taken root and Joe was not only relieved, he was hooked for life. His vocation in gardening and horticulture also began at a young age, working in nurseries and running his own lawn care and landscaping business. After college, Joe established ScapeWise™, a design and horticultural consulting firm which is still active today.   
 
Joe’s seasoned experience and unique ability to take complicated subjects and present them in a fresh, entertaining and easily understood style, was quickly getting noticed and his first national television opportunity soon came knocking. For three years Joe hosted Fresh from the Garden on the DIY Network. There, he was responsible for maintaining a picture-perfect garden with the premise of taking vegetables from seed to harvest in a single episode. Eventually, with no other vegetables left to profile, the show retired production 52 successful episodes later! However, Joe didn’t miss a beat as his next opportunity for national television was waiting. He immediately stepped into his current role as host of GardenSMART on PBS television where he features spectacular gardens around the country and profiles the dedicated gardeners who nurture them. In addition, he is a frequent guest expert on shows such as The Today Show, Good Morning America and The Victory Garden.  

Peter Melick
Peter is co-owner of Melick's Town Farm in Oldwick, and continues the family tradition as a tenth generation farmer who's committed to agriculture. He's chair of the Hunterdon County Agriculture Development Board, a director of the NJ Farm Bureau, and past president of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture.

Richard Perkins
Richard is an avid horticulturalist, a member of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance and the Seacoast Writers Association.

Todd Pretz
Todd is vice-president of Jonathan Green, a leading supplier of lawn and garden products in the northeast.

Jan-Marie Traynor
Jan-Marie is chairperson of the Landscape and Horticultural Technology Department at the County College of Morris. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers' Cook College and holds a Master's degree in Vocational Education from the Graduate School of Education from Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey. Jan-Marie is a Certified Nursery Landscape Professional, vice president of the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, a member of the New Jersey State Agricultural Education Advisory Board, a member of the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association serving as chairperson for the Professional Development Committee and an honorary member of the Professional Landscape Alliance of New Jersey.

Dr. Brian T. Voynick, D.V.M., C.V.A.
Dr. Voynick, a practicing veterinarian has owned and directed the American Animal Hospital in Randolph, since 1986. His fields of interest are in diagnostics medicine, endoscopy and alternative medicine. He is a renowned certified veterinary acupuncturist, with a special interest in chinese herbal medicine. Dr. Voynick's mastery of this remarkable healing art relieves pets' chronic pain to give them longer, happier lives.  Since 1997, Dr. Voynick has hosted "The Pet Stop," a half-hour weekly television show on News 12 New Jersey. Dr. Voynick also lectures nationally and internationally on veterinary medicine, laser surgery, and Lyme disease.

Dave Williams
David is a fourth generation partner at Williams Nursery in Westfield. He is Union County Board of Agriculture past president and serves as a board member on the Friends of Mindowaskin Park and the Garden Centers of America. He has recently concluded a four-year term on the Rutgers Board of Managers.