C. DARREN BUTLER is a Consulting Arborist, Ecological Landscape Designer, Greywater & Irrigation Designer and Consultant, Landscape & Garden Consultant, Permaculturist, Speaker, and Teacher. He started gardening at age five, working summer landscaping jobs and in orchards as a pre-teen and teen, and in 2012 has 25 years’ of diverse adult experience working with plants, trees, gardens, and landscapes.