Eons and Blackbriar Farms Bring Botanical Expertise to the Cannabis Space Amy and her husband Neil’s life trajectories drew them both to plants.

To say that Victor Fresquet of Elk Creek Genetics is a lifetime pot smoker is a slight understatement.

“I’ve only quit smoking three times since 1964,” he smiles.

Wayne Baynham and Pam Buckbee are beloved elders of the Mendocino County cannabis family- “Original Growers” who arrived during the Back to the Land Movement, settling in the hills east of Laytonville. Wayne has been growing cannabis since the 1970’s.

“I flew to California in the ‘60’s,” says Pam, 74, who describes herself as “an inherent survivor.” She is a graphic and fine artist as well as a seamstress.