Heart Gardens: Nurturing Your Family/How The Master Gardener Works

Andrea Peters, Creative Director of Heart Gardens, gives personal examples of how the Holy Spirit, the Master Gardener, can orchestrate both the "small" things" of family life and the "impossibilities" of families in crisis. 

Peters has an MSED in Educational Counseling and has worked with families and children in a variety of settings including family services and life skills training. She has enjoyed one on one coaching as well as instructing in a college setting.  She is certified in a variety of family-oriented trainings including:

• “Parenting Skills” by New York State Office of Children & Family Services
• “Working In A Family’s Home” by New York State Office of Children & Family Services
• “Teaching, Modeling, Mentoring” by NYS Office of Children & Family Services
• “Community & Academic Advocacy” by NYS Office of Children & Family Services
• “Child & Adolescent Development” by Lutheran Social Services
• Communication Skills & Behavioral Support” by Bridges Too Health
• “Positive Parenting with a Plan: How To Empower Parents with Challenging Children”