Author of Gardening with Confidence –50 Ways to add style for personal creativity.
Recipient of a Garden Writers Association Silver award
2013
Gardening expert at Answers.com.
Editor and writer for Tarheel Gardening.
Carolina Gardener: 2013: Stumpery Style, July/August
Carolina Gardener: 2013: The Thrill of the Threshold, July/August
Country Gardener: 2013: Katie’s Krops, Summer
Triangle Gardener: 2013: Slow Flower Farming at Terra Ceia Farms, May/June
Christian Science Monitor Slow Flow Farming
Small Gardens magazine: 2013: Depth Perception, Classic charm keeps this New England coastal garden in constant fine form.
Small Gardens magazine: 2013: Problems? We’ve got solutions. Tackling the 15 most common challenges for cramped yards!
Flea Market gardens magazine: 2013: Made in the shade. A shade garden offers a wonderful respite from the sun, giving a cool feeling even at the height of summer.
Container Gardens magazine: 2013: Color Up. Succulents used in courtyard containers give color, texture, and require very little maintenance with a waterwise design.
Deck, Patio & Outdoor Living: Spring 2013: Casual Elegance, cover story.
Country Gardens: January 7, 2013: Hell’s Angels Feature story about Pine Knot Farms, and hellebores.
Country Gardens: Grassroots, January 7, 2013: What are the the Southeast’s best roses.
Southeast Gardener’s January Checklist
Southeast Gardener’s February Checklist
Southeast Gardener’s March Checklist
Southeast Gardener’s April Checklist
Southeast Gardener’s May Checklist
Triangle Gardener : January 1, 2013 March Madness: 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show – Brilliant!
Country Gardens: Grassroots, March 7, 2013: What are your best plants for hanging baskets?
Triangle Gardener : March 1, 2013 How to Make a Lasting Impression with a Hypertufa Trough
Lawn and Garden Retailer
Spokes in your social media wheel
Country Gardens magazine
Field Editor, Contributor
Dragonfly Dreams
Create your own dragonfly garden, inspired by the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Fall 2012
The Well-Shod Shed – Cover
What was once a fairy tale playhouse in North Carolina has become the centerpiece of an editable landscape.
Fall 2012
Raising Vegetables – Cover
Spring 2012
Flower Frogs
Spring 2012
As Green as it Gets
Early Spring 2012
A Way with Flowers
Summer 2011
Garden Fancies
Summer 2011
Herbs Squared
Spring 2010
Tweet Treats
Produced
Spring 2009
Country Gardens magazine’s Southeast Columnists
- Fall 2012 — What are your best late-season performers?
- Summer 2012–Which roses grow best where you live?
- Spring 2012 — What do you plant to attract pollinators?
- Early Spring 2012 — Mail order catalogs
- Summer 2011 — New plants for 2011
- Spring 2011 — Bulbs for springEarly Spring 2011
- Fall 2011 – Organic pest control
Better Homes and Gardens
Field Editor
Tiffany Lamps
August 2012
Easy-to Make Troughs
Spring 2010
Path Finders
Producer
March 2009
Nature’s Garden
Backyard Oasis
Summer 2010
Bird & Butterfly Bistro
Produced
Summer 2009
Southern Living magazine
Assigned
Small gardens
Scale up for Impact
2012
Fine Gardening magazine
Southeast Regional Report
2009
Fine-textured plants
2008
Plants for Shade
2008
Carolina Gardener magazine
Color My Winter Beautiful
November/December 2012
Grow Your Own Mushrooms
October 2012
Labyrinths
September 2012
The Glory of Gates
July/August 2012
The Traveling Garden
June 2012
Making a Frog Friendly Garden
May 2012
Taming Tough and Tiny Spaces
April 2012
Your Level Best Garden
March 2012
The Story of a Garden
November/December 2011
A Formal Design with Natives
October 2011
Inviting Wildlife to your Backyard
June 2011
Movement in the Garden
March 2011
The Enchanting Garden
November 2010
Growing Privacy, Fast!
October 2010
Gaining New Heights in the Garden
June 2010
Make Your Fence Your Folly
April 2010
Winter Interest Under Way for Umstead Hotel and Spa
December/January 2010
Handling Houseplant Pests
November/December 2009
Urns Elevate our Garden’s Status
Spring 2009
A Perennial Favorite: Spring Plant Sale Held on the Grounds of the NC State Fairgrounds
Spring 2008
Triangle Gardener
Terrariums for the Holidays
November/December 2012
Artful Inspiration in Chapel Hill
September-October 2012
Visiting Longwood Gardens
May-June 2012
Have a Plan Prepared
March-April 2012
Adding Layers of Light to Your Garden
January-February 2012
The Lights Fantastic at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
November-December 2011
Transform Your Garden with Moss
August-September 2011
An Arbor Addition Transforms the Garden
July-August 2011
The Virtues of Herbs
May-June 2011
Be Creative with Container Gardens
March-April 2011
Winter Wonders: Plants for you and the Wildlife
January-February 2011
Keep Your Garden Growing in Late Fall
November-December 2010
Fall for Autumn
September-October 2010
Create Focal Points in Your Garden
July-August 2010
Designing with Vines
May-June 2010
Welcome Home as Close as the Curb
March-April 2010
Easy Steps to a Garden Path
January-February 2010
Creating a Wildlife Habitat at Home
Sept-Oct 2009
The Trillium
Piedmont Chapter North American Rock Garden Society
The garden sculpture and gardens of Marty and Alan Finkel
March-April 2012
Lesson your footprint through sustainable gardening
March-April 2010
Metro Magazine
The Walk Along the Waterway
Summer 2010
Hats On To The Annual Gala In The Garden
April 2010
The Garden Conservancy Open Days Tour 2009
August/September 2009
Elizabethan Gardens Delight Visitors
June 2009
Creative Design Draws on Asian Influences
December 2008
Pedigree Gardens Chosen For Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Tour
September 2008
Midsummer Eve Parties Benefit JC Raulston Arboretum
June 2008
Chapel Hill Kicks Off Area Spring Garden Tours
March 2008
Triangle Style magazine
Plant Bulbs This Fall For Spring Flowers
Fall 2008
The Larkspur Party
Spring 2008
Caring For Orchids In Your Home
Spring 2008
Boom!
Beyond Bunnies: Accenting Your Garden with Art
August 2007
Living in Style magazine
Blooms & Brunch, a fun morning with a friend
May 2007
ON-LINE PIECES
Martha Stewart Living
- Martha Stewart Living — In The Garden
- Sketching an idea
- Gardening for the Seasons: Winter
- Gardening for the Seasons: Spring
- Gardening for the Seasons: Summer
- Gardening for the Seasons: Fall
- Lighten Up
- All About Moss
- Holding Onto Winter
Better Homes and Gardens
P. Allen Smith
- The balance of light in the garden
- Garden design: a guide to curb appeal
- An attractive fall wreath starts with a disliked vegetable
- How one gardener deals with weeds in lawns
- Break with tradition: Have a pink and red fall garden
- Flower arranging made simple with flea market finds
- A southern garden thrives in the heat
- Why I became a rock gardener
- How to create garden art in five easy pieces
- Garden art: beyond cute concrete critters
- Give a landscape time to mature
- How not to read a gardening magazine
- Gala in the garden
- Moss in a hypertufa dish garden
- Creating a garden journal
- Make a terrarium
- Do botanical names really mater in gardening?
- The garden in winter
Gardening with Confidence
Since 2007 – Producer, editor, writer
Moss and Stone Gardens — Where Moss Rocks!
From 2011 – 2012 – Producer, editor, writer
Tarheel Gardening
Since 2010 – Producer, editor, writer
Fine Gardening
- Expert Plant Picks — Eastern United States
- December Inspiraton — ‘Tis the Season of Evening Lights
- November Inspiration — The Fifth Season
- October Inspiraton — Fall for Fragrance
- September Inspiration
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