Author – Jennifer Jewell

An informative and celebratory resource. Booklist

In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewellhost of public radios award-winning program and podcastCultivating Placeintroduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up.

Profiled women include flower farmer Erin Benzakein; codirector of Soul Fire Farm Leah Penniman; plantswomanFlora Grubb; edible and cultural landscape designer Leslie Bennett; Caribbean-American writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid; soil scientist Elaine Ingham; landscape designer Ariella Chezar;floral designer Amy Merrick, and many more. Rich with personal stories and insights, Jewells portraits reveal a devotion that transcends age, locale, and background, reminding us of the profound role of green growing things in our worldand our lives.