I have a feeling I'm going to see some very pretty countryside this week!  Here's where I'm headed: April 19, 2012 Lauritzen Gardens Omaha, NE April 21, 2012 1:00 Flower, Garden, and Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas Springdale, AR

I’m packing up the car and heading to Portland, where I’ll be a writer-in-residence for two months, teaching a nonfiction workshop in the MFA program at Portland State University.  The incredibly cool people at Tin House are co-sponsors of this deal; thanks to them, I’ll have a nifty little apartment that they may well have to pry me out of at the end of the term. Aaaand I’ll be traveling around the country a little...

The North Museum is doing a very cool bug exhibit that includes a bit of wickedness–a traveling art exhibit based on Wicked Bugs, using original etchings from the book. And then I'm on to Ohio.  See you there?   March 1, 2012, 7 PM North Museum of Natural History & Science Lancaster, PA March 3, 2012 Miami Valley Gardening Conference Dayton,...

I regularly hear from readers who want to know why Wicked Plants doesn't have an index.  It was a mistake, I tell them.  But it's hard to understand how an index could be accidentally left out of a book unless you understand how the production process works. Once the manuscript is finished, edited, and ready to go to copyediting, a checklist gets filled out.  That checklist covers any number of production issues still...

This'll be my first time at The Gardens at Heather Farm.  Looks like a lovely spot. Do come out and say hello if you're in the neighborhood, and check out their speaker series here. February 23, 2012 The Gardens at Heather Farm Walnut Creek,...

I'm off to the Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Short Course, one of those horticultural gatherings that ends up being a who's who of botanists, entomologists, garden writers, and industry people.This year, Thursday's programming includes a whole day for home gardeners focused entirely on bugs.  Imagine my excitement. If you're going to be there, I hope to see you!  February 1-2, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course...