Anthony's sensitive eye captures the magic of the garden's living ecosystem.

Anthony began studying photography in grade school when his father gave him a black and white dark room for Christmas. Photography developed into a favorite hobby that has blossomed with the advent of the Dragonfly Garden.

Since the garden's creation in 2003, Anthony has created an archive of panoramas, overviews, movies, and beautiful still shots.

The story of the seasonal round with its new growth, blooms, fruiting, fading, and dying, has been recorded throughout the year, whether in sun, rain, fog, or snow. The visual imagery brings with it a special joy that is sometimes hard to completely embrace. The exquisite fabric of plant life, the micro-cosmic world of tiny pant hairs garlanded with beaded jewels of dew, the elegance of corn silk, the long strands of rosy amaranth dangling on fuzzy squash leaves, bees nestled in blossoms with legs heavy laden with soft golden pollen...

The garden through Anthony's eye has come forth with a poetry of its own and takes the viewer inside where words no longer matter.

He has also been recording our talks in the garden and making them available on CDs. His background in sound engineering has enabled him to professionally master these recordings, making them exceptionally clear and enjoyable.

In 2006 he created our first DVD movie "Attuning to the Divine in the Garden ", one of Janice's garden talks. The potential for sharing the magic of the garden and other events through video, has led him to the creation of" Light Source Video Productions".

In 2007 he made a beautiful video of a wedding that was held in the Center Room.

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In April of 2008, Anthony suffered a fatal heart attack. He had an unknown congenital heart condition that made his life here much shorter than either of us had ever imagined. He was 58.

Anthony came up with the idea of the garden in 2002 because he wanted me to have my dream garden. He helped me create it and fell in love with it, too. It inspired him to get into his photography which brought him a lot of joy in the last 5 years of his life. Sunrise, with the nuances of the morning light and dew on the plants, was his favorite time to be in the garden. He especially loved eating the strawberries and he would sing to them as he picked them. One time he said he heard them singing back to him. He also loved to lie in the center of the garden at night and watch for shooting stars.

Anthony was a man who truly loved nature. He was generous, energetic, and kind hearted. His wisdom was grounded in his own experiences. He had a near death experience when he was a young man, so he wasn't afraid of dying. He learned that we don't really die, but continue our process of learning and growing. It's because we want to grow that we are willing to have this challenging earth experience. Earth offers a unique opportunity to really grow and each of our lives is perfectly designed for our growth! That is the great miracle and gift of being alive. If we really understood this we would be more grateful for our lives. He understood this and and expressed it in many ways, every day that I knew him. I was blessed to know him as a loving husband, but also as a counselor, teacher, and healer, who touched the hearts and lives or more people than he ever realized.

Anthony discarded his body like a snake sheds its skin. He's fresh and new now, living in a higher frequency and experiencing himself more fully, without the inertia of a physical body. My eyes can't see him, but his energy is around. I feel his love and know he is still involved with the garden. He's having a new adventure that I can't fully understand, but I know he is growing and I am truly happy for him, for that is what he wanted.

Photos in the middle taken by ChrisLynn Productions