Nancy Forrester

"It's about the struggle for a sustainable future for myself as a Female Artist, The Secret Garden, its broad social, political, and economic ramifications for the city and the globe.  It's about fusing art and life.   Primarily about gardening in the realm of human mindscape to activate human beings to stop over-development, deforestation, and degradation of the Planet Earth."

"One of the most-significant influences in my life was Eleanor Roosevelt, the former First Lady.  When I was 11 years old and living in Brooklyn it was decided I was too energetic for the public school system so I was sent to Wlityck School for Boys in New Jersey.  The school was run by Eleanor Roosevelt who worked extensively in helping inner-city youth.  Mrs. Roosevelt immediately took me under her wing and I lived with her in the Roosevelt home.  It was there I began to learn about gardens as I would help her tend her gardens.  I lived with her from the age of 11 years old until I was 16.  Nothing has effected my life more than this lady and this time of my life."