Andy Berfond, founder of Sandscaper, creates up-cycled desk or tabletop sandscape designs and zen gardens for home and office. Each garden comes with the base, a handcrafted wooden rake, painted inspirational stones and play sand. Currently the zen gardens are available at Hidden Treasures, in Lancaster. Upon request, Berfond will also create a customized sandscape design.  

Berfond is a retired Drug and Alcohol Counselor from New Jersey who relocated to Lancaster in 2015, and brought his passion for creating zen gardens out of repurposed picture frames and other containers. "When I was still working, someone gave me a small zen garden for my desk, and when I talked with people at sessions about their challenges and problems, they always seemed to enjoy picking up that rake as a stress relieving tool. I thought, I'm going to figure out how to make these one day, and retirement seemed like a great place to start.” 

Location: Hidden Treasures, 225/227 N. Prince St., Lancaster. For more information, email [email protected] or visit Sandscaper.net.