Susan is also blogging at GardenRant.About Susan Harris, Editor
Let's see. I'm a gardening coach, GardenRant blogger, Master Gardener, garden writer, and activist for urban and suburban greening. On this webite I combine my own articles with some terrific ones written by top horticulturists and garden writers from around the country.
Where? In Takoma Park, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., in USDA Zone 7A and the Mid-Atlantic Humidity Belt.
Writing in Print
- In print, my column "The Gardening Coach" appears in two Maryland newspapers.
- My articles have appeared in Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens periodical, among others.
Writing on the Web
- My Sustainable Gardening Blog was voted "Best Organic Blog" in an international vote. It carries news and garden stories from the perspective of a sustainable gardener, and occasionally goes off-topic altogether.
- I write and produce the rowdy, award-winning blog GardenRant with my co-conspirators, grinning in the photo right.
Garden Coaching
- My Garden Coaching has been featured in the New York Times, on "CBS Sunday Morning," and just about everywhere.
- In order to promote this low-cost service to beginning gardeners, I write a blog for and about garden coaches, and mentor new coaches across the country.
Activism/Speaking
- I co-founded the DC Urban Gardeners and manage their website.
- I speak to local journalism classes, DC metro area groups and the Garden Writer
s Association about writing online, primarily blogging. About urban and sustainable gardening I present to such groups as DC's EcoWomen, the DC Historical Society and Exploritas visitors to Washington. - After writing a proposal about Greening the White House Grounds, I launched the national media campaign Green the Grounds in April 2009, with the mission of encouraging America's First Families (including governors and mayors) to practice and promote sustainable landscaping on the grounds of their official residence
s. - In September of 2009 I launched another national media campaign, this time with 8 other garden communicators across the U.S. It's the Lawn Reform Coalition, dedicated to promoting natural lawn care, regionally appropriate lawn species, and design alternatives to lawn.
- I'm active on the Advisory Board of Montgomery Victory Gardens, a nonprofit encouraging and teaching the growing of edibles in Montgomery County, Maryland.
- I co-founded the Regional Garden Gurus, dedicated to providing online regional gardening education. Check out my awesome partners.
Other Media
- Watch my 10-part video about Creating and Maintaining a Sustainable Garden.
- Help yourself to a tour of my garden.
- And here are my "press" clippings.
Memberships
To Contact Me send me an email.
Photo top, with GardenRanters Amy Stewart, Michele Owens and Elizabeth Licata, by K.C. Kratt. Bottom right, from my garden.