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  • Susan Martin
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    Susan Martin

    Susan Martin is a freelance marketer, writer, and speaker who has worked in horticulture for 24 years and is a lifelong gardener from Michigan. You can find her on social…

  • Penny Nyunt
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    Penny Nyunt

    Penny Nyunt is a biologist for Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita, California.

  • Janet Endsley
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    Janet Endsley

    Janet Endsley is a lifelong gardener living in Mill Creek, Washington. She served as the seminar and judging manager for the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival from 2005 to 2023.

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    Sherri Ribbey

    Sherri Ribbey is the senior editor for Garden Gate magazine.

  • Carolyn Meeker Wubbenhorst
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    Carolyn Meeker Wubbenhorst

    Carolyn Meeker Wubbenhorst developed a deep love for gardening with guidance from her father, who was a horticulturist, certified tree expert, and artist. Raised among the blooming gardens of New…

  • Donald Pell
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    Donald Pell

    For more than three decades, Donald Pell has been reshaping gardens throughout the Mid-Atlantic. An award-winning designer, horticulturist, and lecturer, he has gained prominence by inspiring clients to abandon the…

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    Merrill Jensen

    Merrill Jensen is an Oregon-based horticulturist and the former director of the Jensen-Olson Arboretum in Juneau, Alaska. In his career he has served at four public gardens in the western…

  • Kirsten Kurtz
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    Kirsten Kurtz

    Kirsten Kurtz manages the Cornell University Soil Health Laboratory. She received her master of science degree from the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell in 2021 with…

  • Curtis Steiner
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    Curtis Steiner

    Curtis Steiner is a passionate artist, calligrapher, and gardener based in Seattle. His luminous abstract water­colors are represented exclusively by the Traver Gallery in the PNW, while his jewel box…

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    Hilary Cox

    Hilary Cox is an Arizona-based horticulturist, garden designer, and photographer. She is the co-author of The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants.