Few garden designers have Frank’s breadth of education or experience: he studied horticulture under the late JC Raulston, namesake of NCSU’s arboretum and learned design from Will Hooker, who has had several installations at the NC Museum of Art. Frank is also a stonemason, carpenter and sculptor. He learned stonemasonry from the late Arch Haithcock of Blue Ridge Stone and learned carpentry from Green builder Mark Marcoplos.