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Award winning gardening books stacked on a railing
Award winning gardening books stacked on a railing

Garden Writing

AHS Book Award Winners 2025 Announced

Each year, the American Horticultural Society honors the best gardening-related books published in North America. As in 2024, I was asked to serve as a judge on the committee to review nominations and
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Greenhouse Management magazine cover December 2024

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Adopt-A-Flower in Juneau, Alaska

Just want to share a story that is very special to my heart. It's a feature published in the December 2024 issue of
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Garden goals page layout in Real Simple magazine April 2024

Garden Writing

Real Simple Garden Goals Story April 2024

I am thrilled to reveal the April issue of Real Simple magazine featuring my story on Garden Goals for 2024. Editorial
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Garden Writing

Amerian Horticultural Society Book Awards 2024

Being a judge for book awards was not on my radar. Surprisingly, because, you know, books are my thing. It's right there
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Remembering 9/11 A Bulwark Never Failing

Dear readers, I published this story on September 11, 2011, on blogspot. Like many, I still feel the loss of innocence
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Shrubs and perennials in a late summer garden

Garden Writing

GardenComm Virtual Conference 2023

GardenComm, the professional association for garden communicators, will bring its professional education and networking
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Ripe figs in a bowl with basil leaves

Food Garden Writing

Figs from Garden in Delight

Guest post by Shelley S. Cramm Dear A Cook and Her Books readers – give a warm welcome to Shelley S. Cramm, author of
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A plate of biscuits with tomato gravy

Food Writing

Tomato Gravy & Biscuits Story + Recipe

This recipe just makes me smile due to all the goodness it's brought to me. I first wrote about Tomato Gravy in
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Abra Lee touches the bricks at Oakland Cemetery

Garden Writing

Abra Lee’s “Conquer the Soil” on Salvation South

My story about horticulturist and historian Abra Lee and her upcoming book, "Conquer the Soil: Black America and the
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Women and orchids | Photo by Debbie Wolfe/A Cook and Her Books

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My Garden Trippers

I am grateful that I'm comfortable in my home. I expressed this sentiment many times in the early months of the
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