Well, friends, I did it. I have proofed and polished manuscript Garden Envy: Creating a Beautiful Southern Garden. I am thrilled to announce that I am working with a potential publisher.
In the post coronavirus environment, there is no better place to entertain than in one’s own home garden. Garden Envy provides guidance on how to make your garden look its best to visitors. My comprehensive guide includes design suggestions, recommended plant selections grouped by season, entertaining theme ideas, and even a garden tour organizer’s checklist. For components like edging, mulch, and plant labeling, I provide recommendations at several price points so that readers can pick the option that best fits their budgets. I have drawn on my personal involvement as a host (I opened New Hope Farm & Gardens more than eighty times) as well as interviews with other hosts, extensive gardening experience, past employment in a garden nursery, and involvement with fundraising events at a botanical garden/woodland preserve to assemble Garden Envy: Creating a Beautiful Southern Garden.
I will provide updates to my publishing progress as the process unfolds. Thank you for your support. This is an exciting time in my life!