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Guide, Vol 1 ____________________ |
ISBN # 1-888125-54-3
- $29.95, second printing |
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About the Author
Ann D. Roberts moved to Alaska as a child where she lived with her family on a farm off Badger Road. By the time she had moved into town, married R. Dee Roberts, graduated from the University of Alaska, and taught school, she had recovered from a surfeit of gardening as a child to the point where she was interested in gardening on her own.
Over the following years, her entire back yard turned into a garden, winning many ribbons for her organically-grown vegetables. But she grew increasingly more frustrated by the lack of information on growing, specific to Alaska.
She became a Master Gardener in the very first Master Gardening class offered in Fairbanks. As her gardening experience grew, she began to write articles for magazines such as Organic Gardening, explaining how gardening was done in Alaska. At about the same time, she began researching in earnest a book specific to gardening in Alaska.
Ann’s main purpose was not to write only what she knew, but to present what the experts knew, so Alaska Gardening Guide Vol. 1 is the result of research and interviews with expert growers, Alaska Cooperative Extension Agents, and the staff of what is now known as the Georgeson Botanical Garden at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The information in Alaska Gardening Guide is the culmination of years of research and practical Alaska growing experience by many, many people throughout Alaska.
While she has plenty of experience gardening, she thinks of herself more as a garden writer and researcher, and is a member of the Garden Writers Association. Her real love is passing on her hard-won knowledge to new generations of northern gardeners, and her success can best be measured by her skill in translating sometimes technical research into easily understood tips and techniques any grower can understand and use to improve his (or her) gardening efforts.
She is presently working on Vol. 2, Perennials and Lawns.
