Linda Chalker-Scott

Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott has a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Oregon State University and is an ISA certified arborist.  She is WSU’s Extension Urban Horticulturist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.  Linda has lectured extensively to a variety of audiences on diverse topics, all pertaining to sustainable landscaping and always based on current and relevant plant science.  In 2009, she and three other academic colleagues launched “The Garden Professors” blog, through which they educate and entertain an international audience.

Over the past 11 years, Dr. Chalker-Scott has expanded her academic writing to popular audiences, including articles for Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, and MasterGardener Magazine.  In 2010, she was named a contributing editor to Fine Gardening magazine.  Her first book, The Informed Gardener (2008, University of Washington Press), is an award-winning examination of some common horticultural myths.  The sequel – The Informed Gardener Blooms Again – was released by UW Press in 2010 and continues horticultural myth-busting.  She also recently published Sustainable Landscapes and Gardens: good science – practical application (2009, GFG Publishing, Inc.), a 22-chapter book which she edited and jointly authored with 20 colleagues.

For more information, please visit:
Website:  www.theinformedgardener.com
Blog:  www.gardenprofessors.com
Books:  www.sustainablelandscapesandgardens.com