Soil Science for Gardeners

Author has been gardening for 40 years and owns a 6-acre botanical garden with over 3,000 varieties of plants Author's blogs, Garden Myths and Garden Fundamentals, have a large following of 500,000 visitorsAuthor Youtube video series to augment the book and a promotional mini e-bookWell-known lecturer and speaker to Master Gardener groups, horticultural societies, orchid societies, and garden shows He is the author of three previous garden books that have sold over 4,500 copies The definite science-based guide to soil health for gardeners, market gardeners and small-scale farmers Myth buster for your garden, author debunks commonly held misconceptions about gardening and soil health Written in three sections – fundamental knowledge of soil processes, variety of soil problems, a personalized plan for improving the health of your soil Differs from other gardening books because it uses a science-based approach to explain the chemical, physical, and biological aspects of soil it looks closely at the rhizosphere, a thin layer of liquid and soil that surrounds plant roots it includes new topics and information on mycorrhizal fungi and soil microbes it contains more extensive physical and chemical explanations it has the most up-to-date information on soil health Written in a problem-solving style that enables readers to assess and fix common soil issues Endorsements: Guy Barter, Royal Horticulture Society; Lee Reich, author; Ken Druse, award-winning author; Mark Cullen, Canadian gardening celebrity; Joe Lamp'l, US gardening celebrity Selected to be in the Mother Earth Wiser Living seriesNew Society Publishers are committed to the highest environmental practices in the industry, including: printing all their books in North America, on 100% post-consumer recycled FSC-certified paper, using vegetable-based, low-VOC inks; and offsetting their emissions to make all of their business operations carbon neutral and is proudly B Corp certified. Their books are so Green you could eat them!

Academic: Courses on soil, horticulture, landscape architecture, biology, ecology, and plant science

Canada: Speaker at Canada Blooms, FarmSmart; teaches gardening fundamentals at the University of Guelph and garden design for the City of Guelph; garden articles published in Ontario Gardening and horticultural society magazines, including a monthly column for Ontario Rock Garden Society.