Regional Garden Gurus

What do I know about what plants do best with love the dry, cool summer evenings in the Rockies, or the semi-tropics of Florida? Nothing. But I've made friends with gardening experts in those places JUST so I can send readers to their sites for answers to those questions.

Regional Garden Gurus launched in January of '08 with this slate of experts around the U.S. Check 'em out.

The Gurus

Don Engebretson, the Renegade Gardener

Don Engebretson, landscaping contractor and award-winning garden writer, lives and gardens in Minnesota, so his experetise is in Zones 2-4 (I shudder to to think!). DO visit his site, the Renegade Gardener — you won't be sorry.

Gardenwriter and speaker C.L. Fornari, the Garden Lady, handles the Northeast from her garden in Eastern Massachusetts. (Photo right.) Lise Mahnke, Dry Ideas

Lise Mahnke is a garden writer and designer in Denver. Her Dry Ideas covers "reality gardening" in the High Plains of the Rockies. (Photo left.) translanted gardener Ginny Stibolt

Ginny Stibolt is a botanist, writer and wildlife habitat activist in Jacksonville, Florida. Her Transplanted Gardener covers not just gardening in her area but plant-pollinator connections, recipes for her garden's produce, and podcasts! (Photo right.)

Debra Teachout-Teashon is a gardening writer and photographer who began Rainyside Gardeners in 1998 and is now THE gardening site for the Pacific Northwest. (photo left.)

Yours truly at this very site, coming to you from the Washington, D.C. area. I grow plants that are hardy in Zones 4-7.