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Jules Dervaes
* Founded the “Dervaes Institute” in 2006
* Creator of the public urban homestead model “Path to Freedom”
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/about/background/theman.shtml |
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D. G. Hessayon
* Wrote gardening manuals “Expert Guides” (50 million printed)
* Guinness World Record for “bestselling non-fiction author of the 1990s”
* Awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s “The Veitch Memorial Medal” |
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John Jeavons
* Developed the “Grow Biointensive” method
* Wrote “How to Grow More Vegetables” (500.000 copies)
http://www.johnjeavons.info |
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Eliot Coleman
* Wrote “The New Organic Grower” (1989)
* Co-owner of “The Four Seasons Farm”
* Executive Director of the “International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)” |
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Alan Titchmarsh
* Awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s “Victoria Medal Of Honour” in 2004 (RHS in UK)
* Runs his own charity: “Garden for schools” and “Seeds for Africa”
* Host of TV program “Gardeners’ World” in UK |
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Kent Whealy
* Co-founder of “Seed Savers Exchange”
* Received “The Genius Award”
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Amy P. Goldman
* Wrote “Melons for the Passionate Grower” (2002) (American Horticultural Society 2003 Annual Book Award)
* Wrote “The Heirloom Tomato” (2008)
* Wrote “The Compleat Squash” (2004) (American Horticultural Society Book Award)
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Barbara Damrosch
* Co-owner of “The Four Seasons Farm”
* Wrote “The Garden Primer”
* Co-hosted the TV-series “Gardening Naturally” |
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Jeff Lowenfels
* The world’s longest running garden columnist (32 years)
* Wrote “Teaming with Microbes”
* Founder of “Plant a Row for The Hungry” |
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Maria Thun
* Publishes an annual biodynamic gardening calender in 18 languages
* Wrote “Gardening for Life” (2000) |
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Mel Bartholomew
* Wrote “Square Foot Gardening” (1981)
* Created the “Square Foot Gardening Foundation”
http://www.squarefootgardening.com |
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Michael Pollan
* Wrote “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” (2006)
* Wrote “Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education” (1991) |
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Carol Klein
* Own plant nursery, “Glebe Cottage Plants”
* TV show “Grow Your Own Veg”
* In the TV show, “Gardeners’ World” |
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Carol Cox
* Ecology Action’s Garden Research Manager
* Co-author of “The Sustainable Vegetable Garden” |
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Toby Hemenway
* Wrote “Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture”
* Associate editor of “Permaculture Activist” from 1999 to 2004 |
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Barbara L. Bowling
* Wrote “Berry Grower’s Companion” (2005)
* Was chairperson of the “American Society for Horticultural Sciences’ Viticulture and Small Fruit Working Group” |
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Joy Larkcom
* Wrote “Grow Your Own Vegetables” (2002)
* Was in 1993 awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for her services to horticulture by the RHS, and was also Garden Writer of the Year in 1993 |
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Charles Dowding
* Wrote “Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way” (2007)
* Created a market garden in rural Zambia
* Gave lectures to the RHS in Tokyo
http://www.charlesdowding.com |
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Eric Toensmeier
* Wrote “Perennial Vegetables”
* Co-author with Dave Jacke of the two-volume permaculture design manual “Edible Forest Gardens”
* Manages the Tierra de Oportunidades new farmer program of Nuestras Raices |
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Shane Smith
* Wrote “Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion”
* Director and a founder, in 1977, of the Cheyenne Botanic Garden, Wyoming’s only public botanic garden |
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Stella Otto
* Wrote “The Backyard Orchardist” (1995)
* Benjamin Franklin Award winner (1994)
* Fruit farm owner |
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Fern Marshall Bradley
* Author of Rodale’s Vegetable Garden Problem Solver (2007)
* Co-author of “Vegetable Gardening” (2006)
* Managing an organic market garden in western New Jersey |
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Mike
* Blogs about a 2 acres market garden
* His blog has 1400 daily readers
* 1300 links back to his blog from other websites
http://tinyfarmblog.com |
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Rose Marie Nichols McGee
* Co-author of “McGee & Stuckey’s Bountiful Container”
* Blogs about gardening and food (100 links back to her blog)
* Rose Marie is President of Nichols Garden Nursery
http://nicholsgardennursery.wordpress.com |
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Joe Swift
* Wrote “Joe’s Allotment” (2009)
* Wrote “Joes Urban Garden Handbook”
* Host on BBC’s “Gardeners’ World” |
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Steve Solomon
* Wrote “Gardening When It Counts” (2006)
* Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades (2006)
* Wrote and self-published “Growing Vegetables South of Australia” (2002)
http://www.soilandhealth.org/05steve%27sfolder/05aboutmeindex.html |
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Gayla Trail
* Wrote “You Grow Girl: The Ground Breaking Guide to Gardening” (2005)
* Blogs about gardening
* 2200 links back to her blog from other websites
http://www.yougrowgirl.com |
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Marjorie Harris
* Wrote “Seasons of My Garden” (1999)
* Wrote “The Healing Garden” (1996)
* Wrote “In the Garden: Thoughts on the Changing Seasons” (1995) |
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Jerry Baker
* Wrote several books on gardening
* Host on gardening TV and radio shows |
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Liz Primeau
* Wrote “Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass” (2003)
* Founding editor of Canadian Gardening magazine
* Former host of Canadian Gardening Television on HGTV |
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Steve Ott
* Wrote “Homegrown Vegetable Manual” (2009)
* Co-author of “The A-Z Guide to Growing and Cooking Farm-fresh Food” (2008)
* Editor of Kitchen Garden magazine
http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/thismonth.php |
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Sarah Raven
* Wrote “The Great Vegetable Plot”
* Guest presenter on BBC’s “Gardeners World” |
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Alys Fowler
* Wrote “The Thrifty Gardener” (2008)
* Horticultural researcher on “Gardeners’ World” on BBC in the UK |
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Suzanne Peabody Ashworth
* Wrote “Seed to Seed” (2002)
* Owner of “Del Rio Botanical”
http://www.delriobotanical.com/site_main.html |
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Stu Campbell
* Wrote “Let it Rot: The Gardener’s Guide to Composting” (2003)
* Wrote “Mulch it!”
* Wrote “Improving Your Soil” |
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Anais Dervaes
* Blogs about urban homesteading in California
* 1900 links back to her blog from other websites
http://urbanhomestead.org/journal |
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Andy McKee
* Wrote “The Polytunnel Handbook” (2009)
* 500 links to his blog from other websites
http://hedgewizardsdiary.blogspot.com |
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Carleen Madigan
* Wrote “The Backyard Homestead” (2009) |
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Carole B. Turner
* Wrote “Seed Sowing and Saving” (1998) |
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Dick Raymond
* Wrote “Joy of Gardening”
* Head vegetable gardening specialist at Garden Way Gardens |
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Edward C. Smith
* Wrote “The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible”
* Wrote “Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers” |
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Kenneth E. Point
* Internship on a forty acre organic farm (1985 – 1994)
* Blogs about gardening (2005 – 2009)
* 800 links to his blog from other websites
http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com |
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Tonopah Rob
* Owner of 2,800 square meters farm in Tonopah, Arizona
* Sold more than 550 kg produce in one weekend at Tonopah Rob’s Vegetable Farm stand
http://tonopahrob.com |
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Gillian Carson
* Blogs about gardening
* 1000 daily readers
* 800 links to her blog from other websites
http://mytinyplot.co.uk |
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Sally Jean Cunningham
* Wrote “Great Garden Companions” (2000)
* Has a TV and radio show on gardening |
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R. J. Ruppenthal
* Wrote “Fresh Food from Small Spaces” (2008) |
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Emma Rawlings
* Co-author of “The A-Z Guide to Growing and Cooking Farm-fresh Food” (2008) |
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Jeff A. Hartenfeld
* Co-author of “The Farmers’ Market Book” (2007) |
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Cavagnarok David
* Co-author on “The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically” (1997) |
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Sharon L. Lovejoy
* Wrote “Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children” (1999)
* Serves on the National Children and Youth Garden Advisory Panel of the American Horticultural Society
http://sharonlovejoy.blogspot.com |