Louise Clarke is a regional director of the Garden Writers Association and a degreed horticulturist employed by the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.

As a garden communicator, she presents lectures and workshops on horticultural topics that inspire, entertain, and educate.

A life-long plant geek, Louise enjoys growing aneclectic mix of tender tropicals, bulbs, and others at

, her lush home garden.

When not gardening or speaking, sheoccasionally has time to contemplate her verdant suburban oasis from her tikihut, made of repurposed materials.ao���