Patrick Lima and John Scanlan escaped to a flat field full of hip-high seedy hay grass, some scrubb chokecherries crusted with black not and a few leaning fence posts looped with rusty wire in Dyer’s Bay in 1975. Since then they’ve transformed fallow land into an oasis known to gardeners everywhere as Larkwhistle. Their books have been published by Key Porter. They’ve lectured and toured about their love of the land and their love of green and growing things, offering hope and insight for those who share land husbandry. Five Rivers is thrilled to have Patrick and John join our community.