Vincent Simeone has worked in the horticultural field for over 35 years. He received an AAS degree in ornamental horticulture from SUNY Farmingdale, and a BS in ornamental horticulture from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Vincent also obtained a Masters Degree in Public Administration from C.W. Post- Long Island University in 2003. Vincent teaches horticulture classes at New York Botanical Garden. Over the last fifteen years, Vincent has assisted Dr. Allan Armitage with garden tours through Southern England, Northern France, Southern Germany, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Vincent is very active in local and national organizations including The American Public Garden Association, New York Hortus Club, New York State Arborist, ISA Chapter, Long Island Arboricultural Assoc., Long Island Holly Society, Nassau Suffolk Landscape Gardeners Assoc., and the Long Island Nursery and Landscape Assoc. For the past 23 years Vincent has worked in public horticulture at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in New York where he is the Director. He has published six books: Grow More With Less: Sustainable Garden Methods, Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs, Great Flowering Landscape Trees, Great Landscape Evergreens and The Wonders of the Winter Landscape. In 2010 Vincent contributed to a first ever textbook on public garden management. Also in 2010, Vincent was named Man of the Year by the Long Island Nursery and Landscape Association. In 2014 Vincent was awarded the centurion award by Farmingdale State College as the top 100 alumni over the past century. In 2015, was awarded the distinguished arborists award from the NYS Arborists-ISA chapter. In 2021 Vincent was awarded the George L. Good Gold Medal of Horticulture by the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association. Vincent latest book, published in 2021 is entitled Sustainable Gardening : Grow a Greener, Low maintenance Landscape with Fewer Resource