My passion for landscaping was cultivated at an early age through the time I spent at my grandfather’s nursery. I was fortunate to learn from my grandfather, Lorenzo Lauriente, and his brother, Ciro Lauriente, who built one of the most respected nurseries in the area. As a child, I would spend hours exploring the greenhouse, climbing onto tractors, and playing among the stacked bales of peat moss—experiences that unknowingly shaped my future in landscape design.