Andy grew up in the Cockeysville area as well as in the business, starting working on the farm at age 14, and has worked in all of the various departments. He graduated with honors from University of Maryland with a degree in Business Administration. Andy enjoys carpentry and woodworking and is the designer/builder of many of the buildings and displays at Valley View. Andy shared ownership of the business for several years with his father, Billy, before becoming sole owner in 2015.

Tim began in 1978 and has worked everywhere, learning all that he can about the company; he harvested corn on the farm, worked in our nursery for years and became our Water Garden Manager soon after we started the department. Tim’s loyalty and dedication are second to none. Tim is an avid outdoorsman, and loves spending time with his family and teaching young people to be responsible in their outdoor sporting pursuits.

Carrie began working at Valley View in 1972, and appears with meteorologists Tony Pann and Ava Marie weekly on the WBAL TV's Sunday Gardener. She enjoys writing, speaking about gardening, photography, the Orioles, and spending time with her extended family and traveling, especially road trips, where she looks for what is new in plants and gardening everywhere she goes.

Brian started in 1988, while still in high school. He works closely with all of our vendors to provide solutions to gardeners in our area and is key in cooperating with many of them in our advertising program. Brian also works to keep all systems going, including phones, computers and other utilities. Brian lives in Harford County with his family. He is an avid angler and boater.

Scott joined us in 2009 while pursuing his degree in Landscape Management from the University of Maryland.  Promoted to Nursery Manager in 2016, Scott works with many regional tree and shrub growers to provide high quality plants for our customers. Scott’s waterfront home enables him to enjoy gardening and kayaking from his backyard.

Kathy began in 1975, picking tomatoes at the farm. She is a graduate of Goucher College, with a degree in English and Secondary Education. She has managed many areas including our International Gift Shop, and three of our former satellite locations. Kathy honors Punkey’s legacy in our Christmas Shop by creating a wonderland fueled by her love of Christmas. Kathy’s other love is our baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles.

Rachel, a Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturist, works with many area growers to offer a huge assortment of plants for our customers’ gardens. As the perennial season slows, she assists with our fall pumpkin season. During the holidays, Rachel works in our live greens and wreaths area. Outside of work, Rachel is very active, enjoying nature and the outdoors.

John, a 1990 Penn State graduate, began growing at our farm location in Hydes, MD, the very next year. John grows vegetable transplants, hanging baskets, annuals, mums, pansies, poinsettias with his assistant Vernon Smith, for our retail store. John enjoys time with his family. He is a long distance trail runner once our busy spring season slows.

Doug joined Valley View Farms full-time in 2001. He is a graduate of Penn College with a degree in Horticulture. Doug started with us just as we were expanding our pottery department, which he now manages. In the fall, Doug helps set-up and run our Christmas Shop. In his off-time, he enjoys golf, rooting for the Orioles and Ravens, and time with his family.

Sue began working at Valley View in October 2000 as a part-time accountant. She became a full-time employee in 2003 as Valley View moved to a computerized register system which she helped to implement. This continued to be a strong focus throughout the years while her position grew in payroll and accounting. As personnel changes occurred, Sue's position grew until Billy Foard donned her with the title Controller (of nothing and everything). Sue has automated many of the processes at Valley View over the years and now oversees the financial operations of the business, working close at hand with Andy Foard.  Sue has two beautiful grown daughters and her husband, Tom, whom is an executive chef with Wegmans Corp.  She is a National Parks enthusiast, and loves to travel, hike, fish and boat at any opportunity.

One of our 3 decades + employees, Duck as she is known, wears many hats through the seasons. In spring, she works in our plant department. In the summer, she manages our warehouse, pricing Christmas merchandise. All year, Duck runs our HR department, hiring the seasonal employees that are so vital to our success. Duck enjoys the changing seasons aspect of working at Valley View.

Jen begins the year organizing our incredible seed selection. In the spring, Jen runs the herb department, offering over 100 varieties of culinary plants. By mid-summer, Jen moves to our Christmas Shop, purchasing and displaying items imported from around the world. Jen is an avid reader, gardener, and cat fancier.