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Bill has been involved in small-scale, intensive gardening and food production for the past 18 years. Bill specializes in space-efficient gardening systems suited to the urban/suburban environment such as container gardens, indoor gardens, raised beds, rooftop gardens, raised beds and intensively planted small space, in-ground gardens, season extension and plant propagation techniques.
Currently, Bill manages the RickBaylessOrganicGarden in Chicago where he grows salad greens, herbs, tomatoes and Chile peppers in a for Rick�s restaurant, Topolobampo. The main garden sits on 3 city lots along with two residences and includes a 1000 square foot production vegetable garden along with extensive landscaped gardens, an attached greenhouse, composting systems and container displays. Bill also manages a rooftop garden growing tomatoes and chili pepper in 80 earthbox planters.
Bill studied marketing and Spanish at UMass Amherst and earned a Master of Science in Plant Biology from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
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