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I consider myself very fortunate, since my vocation and avocation go together so well. I love gardening, and enjoy writing and lecturing about plants and design. I have authored eight books on gardening and one, Preserving Memories, about making sweet preserves. I've had over 100 magazine articles published in periodicals from Garden Design, Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Cottage Living, and Real Simple to Popular Mechanix, Arnoldia, and others. I teach at The New York Botanical Garden and for Cook College of Rutgers University in their Office of Continuing Professional Education. I speak to garden clubs and horticultural groups across the United States and abroad. For me, gardening is the never-ending story.

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Photograph credit Joan Carter