Susan Harris, The Clippings
On Television
- "CBS Sunday Morning" with Rita Braver (photo right), July 28, 2007. Here's the video clip.
- In May of 2008 WUSA9, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C., did a long piece about "Garden Coach Susan Harris" and it's terrific! Here's the transcript of the piece and to see the video, click "Play Video" on the right.
In Newspapers
- New York Times, one of four featured gardening coaches in this June, 2007 article.
- Featured gardening coach in this 1/23/08 article by Associated Press reporter Dean Fosdick, which was then syndicated nationally.
- Quoted in this 5/15/08 Washington Post story about Bradford pears.
- Featured garden coach in an 8/3/07 Detroit Free Press story, which was then picked up by the Atlanta Constitution, Charlotte Observer, and many others.
- Featured garden coach in the Christian Science Monitor on 2/20/08
- Sole garden coach in a story circulated by the international wire service Agence France-Presse. Here's the link to the 4/14/07 story in English.
- One of two featured garden coaches in the April 2008 North Coast Journal in California.
- Featured as a coach in the 9/14/07 Washington Examiner [pdf].
- In June of 2007 I was named Best Well-Rounded Gardenblogger by the Houston Chronicle.
- Full feature about GardenRant and its four writers in the 2/27/08 Washington Post, syndicated across the U.S. Here's the link.
- Praise for GardenRant, which I co-founded and write with three others, in Publishers Weekly, USA Weekend, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Philly Burbs, the Houston Chronicle, and the Dallas Morning News.
- The Washington City Paper quoted my original blog posts about the demonstration organic lawn on the National Mall.
- I was featured in this Baltimore Sun article about garden bloggers, November 11, 2008.
- In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I was interviewed about the effect of the Obamas on Washington. And the accompanying video on their website.
In Magazines
On the Radio
- Ken Druse has me back to chat about the White House garden and sustainable gardening.
- Ken Druse and his sidekick Vicki Johnson of Real Dirt Radio interviewed me about Sustainable Gardenng and GardenRant in this 12/20/08 episode.
- Bob Hill and Jeneen Wiche of the NPR show Home Grown interviewed me about GardenRant and blogging on this episode from December of 2008.
- Joe Lamp'l interviewed me at length about GardenRant and gardenblogging for his show "Growing a Greener World."
- This website and garden coaching were recommended on Martha Stewart Radio by guest Shirley Bovchow. Here's the link. to the September '07 broadcast.
- I was interviewed about gardening by Sally Cunningham on "Green Space," WKBW Radio in New York in July of 2007.
- This website was recommended on NewsTalk 870 KRLA in Los Angeles. Here's the link.
In Person
I teach gardening to the public at seminars at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.- I've lectured to DC's EcoWomen (over 1,000 members) about gardening, my websites and blogs, and coaching.
- I spoke to Garden Writers Association national convention in Portland, Oregon about my blogs and websites. Over 600 editors, publishers and writers attended the conference.
- I've taught alternatives to lawn at the American Horticultural Society.
- I bring Elderhostel visitors to Washington, D.C. up to date on urban and sustainable gardening.
Online
- Slate's garden writer Constance Casey tackles garden coaching for would-be vegetable growers, and calls me the "doyenne of the national movement" of gardening coaches.
- NPR's gardening reporter Ketzel Levine covered my front yard transformation.
- Examiner.com did a nice long interview with me.
- My guest article "Gardeners' Wish List for Garden Centers" appeared on Open Register, an online publication of the garden retail community.
- GardenRant won GardenBlog of the Year, Best Writing, and Most Innovative. (See Mouse & Trowel Awards 2007.) In 2008 we won the Mouse and Trowel Award for Best Writing.
- I was interviewed by the Mouse & Trowel Awards, and here's the link.
- In July of 2007 I was named "Top Garden Blogger to Watch" by an Australian gardening site.
- The Renegade Gardener in Minnesota named me his Top Pick of the Month and wrote: "Susan has hammered out quite a career and following, both as a garden writer and garden coach." It's among the 2008 entries on his "Top Pick" page .
- GardenRant has been recommended by CNN Online and the National Gardening Association.
- The Renegade Gardener chose GardenRant as a Top Pick of the Month, naming it the "best gardening blog on the planet" Here's his Top Picks page; see the 2007 entries.
- I formed the Regional Garden Gurus, a consortium of large, content-rich gardening websites around the country, and launched it in February of 2008.
- My 10-part video about Sustainable Gardening is featured on MonkeySee.com.
- Clean Air Gardening's blog has embedded my video and links to my website and the Regional Garden Gurus.
- Quoted in Gaiam Life's article about Organic Gardening 101.
- Interview by Stuart Robinson of Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas: "The Queen of GardenRant Susan Harris.".
- Article about me on Examiner.com.
- Quoted in a Chow.com article about front-yard vegetable gardens.
- Sustainable Gardening Blog is listed here as one of the "top" gardening blogs.
- Guest author at Green Parent: "Kids and Gardening".
- Three of my movie reviews have appeared on Time Goes By: of "Venus," "Rocky Balboa", and "Boynton Beach Bereavement Club."
- My guest post on Eco-Chick is called "Why Gardening MATTERS".
- On Examiner.com, my no-lawn garden gets some attention.
Published Endorsements
- Quoted on the back cover of The Informed Gardener by Linda Chalker-Scott, University of Washington Press.
- Quoted on Garden Walk Buffalo website.
Susan is also blogging at GardenRant.
Washingtonian Magazine's May 2008 article about getting help in the garden quoted me and one of my clients, and referred readers to this website on their website.