Scott Peden is a photographer, plant expert (or "nut" to use his technical term), and guide, who loves sharing the wonders and secrets of nature with others. Most of his earlier training was in the year-round observation of what plants do though out their cycles of life.

Scott leads a half-day walk each month at Big Basin State Park. He is in process of cataloging, in pictures, the cycles of the plants, on selected trails. See more of Scott's photos at SmugMug, PictureTrail and BugGuide.

In 2006, Scott was appointed trainer of the Semper Virens docents in identification of wildflowers and plants of the coast redwood region at Castle Rock and Big Basin State Parks.

Scott joined the Memory Palace Project in 2011. View his work in progress at http//memory.palace.org/scott.peden/work/.