Barbara Pleasant

Presentation Titles:

• Wiser Living Through Gardening – Advice from Mother (Feature Presentation)
• Revolutionary Home Composting (Breakout Session)

Presentation Descriptions:

Revolutionary Home Composting
If you’re tired of hauling yard and garden waste to a hidden corner, why not move composting into the heart of your garden, where it belongs? Award-winning coauthor of the best-selling Complete Compost Gardening Guide will share dozens of simple ways to bring more benefits of composting to your garden, with much less work.

Wiser Living Through Gardening – Advice from Mother
Award-winning garden writer and contributing editor for Mother Earth News Barbara Pleasant says that organic gardening is just the beginning for a new generation of food-minded gardeners. When food gardening becomes a central element of your life, the pursuit of a truly sustainable emerges as a primary goal. In this lively presentation, Barbara will explore what these changes mean in terms of soil care, crop selection, and favored varieties.

Bio:

Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Barbara Pleasant is “one of America’s most trusted garden writers” (Cheryl Long, editor-in-chief of Mother Earth News magazine). A four-time winner of Garden Globe awards given by the Garden Writers Association, Barbara has written numerous books on a wide range of subjects from vegetables to weeds. Her newest Book, Starter Vegetable Gardens (Storey, 2010), leaves no excuse not to grow a beautiful, productive garden filled with vegetables and herbs. Barbara is a contributing editor for Mother Earth News magazine, where she has written the “Gardening Know-How” column for the past two years. She lives in Floyd, Virginia, where she grows vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers.