It's coming!  The UK edition of Wicked Plants will be out in September from Timber UK, and in October I'll head to London for a book tour.  Check my site for full details as I have them, but here's the schedule as it stands: Sat Oct 23 – Petersham Nurseries, Surrey Tues Oct 26 – The Eden Project, Cornwall Thurs Oct 28 – Chelsea Physic Garden Thurs Oct 28- London Review Bookshop Fri Oct 29 –...

(Note–this is the email blast that goes out to my newsletter.  If you're reading this blog, you've probably heard all this before!  Regardless, if you'd like to sign up for the mailing list, here's where you go to do that.) Hello all, I am ending 2009 at home–at last!  By the time I hit the road again in January, I will have had two glorious months at home.  Good thing, too, because my next...

Wicked Plants is up for Amazon.com's Best Cover of the Year.  After an initial round of voting, it's made its way into the top ten.  If you've got a minute, I'd appreciate your vote–and tell your friends! Go here to vote.

Wow!  It's been a big week, TV-wise.  Here's what we've got: On TLC's hit show Cake Boss, watch Buddy & co make a cake based on Wicked Plants.  They brought it to me at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this summer.  You can see the full episode here. Then, check out the PBS documentary of Botany of Desire. I was interviewed for the tulip segment. And it makes me so happy to see this bonus feature devoted...

My Neglected, Weedy, Overgrown Garden Gets Some Visitors Wow–it's been a busy autumn for me.  My friends at Fine Gardening paid a visit to Humboldt County a couple weeks ago.  I tried to talk them out of coming to my garden, given the sorry, neglected state it's fallen into while I've been on the road, but they were determined and quite persuasive.  I'm sure we'll see photos and incriminating video on...

...