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Urban Gardening For Dummies

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About the Authors

Paul Simon is a nationally recognized landscape architect, public artist, horticulturist, master gardener, and urban designer. With over 20 years of experience, Paul brings a wealth of knowledge, skills, and abilities from various fields in the gardening, horticulture, and design industries.

Paul holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kentucky with a diverse curriculum in site design, urban design, community planning, geography, architecture, plant and soil sciences, forestry, and civil engineering. He is also an esteemed member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Paul is personally committed and driven toward solving developable solutions while maintaining professional integrity and respect for the environment.

Many of his projects specialize in urban design, parks and community gardens, public art, outdoor learning, and green design initiatives some of which have been nationally published, recognized, and awarded. Paul is also driven to create human environments that are sustainable, socially relevant, economically feasible, and user functional.

In addition, Paul is involved as a horticultural editor for www.kidsgardening.org . Kids Gardening is a leading national provider of K-12, plant-based educational materials, providing programs and initiatives for plant-based education in schools, communities, and backyards across the country. Paul continues to provide unique articles underscoring the importance of kids gardening and outdoor learning.

Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, and radio and television personality. He has worked for more than 20 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, talks, online, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. His energy, exuberance, and love of the natural world also make him an exciting public speaker and presenter. He has spoken at national venues such as the Philadelphia Flower Show, Master Gardener conferences, and trade shows.

Charlie is a garden coach and consultant teaching and inspiring home gardeners to grow the best vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees, and shrubs in their yards.

Charlie co-hosts In The Garden, tips on the local CBS affiliate television station (WCAX-Channel 3), a weekly, call-in radio show on WJOY-1230AM, and the Vermont Garden Journal on Vermont Public Radio.

Charlie is also known for his writing. He has written for national magazines such as Organic Gardening and contributed to many of the For Dummies gardening titles, authoring Vegetable Gardening For Dummies in 2009. He also authored the Ultimate Gardener (HCI Press, 2009) which highlights heart-warming stories about the trials and tribulations of gardening and Northeast Fruit and Vegetable Gardening in (Cool Springs Press, April, 2012). He also contributed to other book project such as Vegetables from an Italian Garden (Phaidon Press, 2011).

Charlies skills as a garden communicator extend beyond the printed page. Hes the former host of PBSs Garden Smart, reaching more than 60 million households. He has also been a gardening expert on many national syndicated television and radio shows such as HGTVs Today at Home, Discovery Channels Home Matters, Sirius Radios Martha Stewart Living, and Garden Life Radio

Charlie also works with companies/organizations to provide horticultural guidance on special adult and kids projects. Hes worked with the Hilton Garden Inn on their Grow a School Garden Project, Gardeners Supply Company and Stonyfield Yogurt on their Eat a Rainbow Project, and farm-to-school programs with Shelburne Farms and Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA).

He was the senior horticulturist and spokesperson for the National Gardening Association (NGA), where he wrote and edited articles for their magazine and online newsletters, conducted media interviews about gardening, and provided horticultural consultation to NGA programs.