Meet the dedicated and loyal crew that makes visiting Valley View Farms a unique experience. Most of our management staff has been here for over 30 years, and continue to make Valley View Farms a consistently friendly, warm and knowledgeable place to shop. Valley View Farms employs about 80 full-time employees, with twice as many during our busy seasons. Family owned and operated, Valley View Farms projects that family-like atmosphere through its employees

Andy Foard, CEO
Andy Foard
Owner & CEO
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 McQuaid, Store Manager/Water Gardens Manager
TIM McQuaid
Store Manager/Water Gardens Manager
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 Engel, Greenhouse Manager
Carrie Engel
Greenhouse Manager
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.
Brain Brannan, Garden Shop Manager
Brian Brannan
Garden Shop Manager
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 Carbone, Nursery Manager
Scott Carbone
Nursery Manager
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 Foard, Christas Shop Manager and a giant Baltimore Orioles fan
Kathy Foard
Christmas Shop Manager
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, Our Perennials Manager
RACHEL Fischer
Perennials Manager
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 Miller, Head Grower, Farm and Greenhouses
John Miller
Head Grower, Farm and Greenhouses
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 Schurman, Pottery Manager
Doug Schurman
Pottery Manager
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 and Tom Schwarzweller
SUE SCHWARZWELLER
Controller
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.
Julie "Duck" Glass, Hiring Manager
JULIE "DUCK" GLASS
HR Manager
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 Kostick
JEN KOSTICK
Herb and Seed Manager
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.

OUR FOUNDERS

Bill, Punkey and Andy Foard on a golf cart

Pictured above are Billy Foard (L), Punkey Foard (R), and Andy Foard (in back)

William "Billy" Foard
(1938-2017)

Billy also grew up on his family’s farm. He attended school locally and followed his brother to Staunton Military Academy. Billy attended Cornell University, majoring in agriculture, specifically horticulture. He married Kay while still in college, and the couple, with a new baby daughter, moved back to the farm after graduating. Billy wanted to sell the family’s vegetables directly to the public, and, with his father and uncle’s blessing, opened up Valley View Farms in its present location.

Billy and Kay’s growing family would soon include two boys. Billy worked at both the store and the farm. Eventually, Valley View stopped growing vegetables and focused the farm’s resources on growing vegetable transplants, annual flowers, hanging baskets, mums and all sorts of plants in its 12 greenhouses and growing field. Billy was a proud grandparent to four beautiful grandchildren.

John "Punkey" Foard
(1935-2010)

Punkey grew up on the family farm in Hydes, MD, attending Carroll Manor School as a boy. He attended Staunton Military Academy in Virginia, then Rutgers University, majoring in Agriculture. As an ROTC member, Punkey enlisted into the U S Army where he would rise to the rank of Lieutenant as an Army Ranger. Returning home, Punkey went into business with his brother, opening Valley View Farms on York Rd. in 1962.

Responsibilities were divided; Punkey worked with personnel, training them in the many aspects of running a successful seasonal business. He was the driving force behind our Christmas Shop and our Water Garden departments. Punkey married Kathy, our Christmas Shop manager. Both enjoyed their annual trips to Trinidad and Tobago.