Published Work

Landscape Illinois Magazine (formerly The Landscape Contractor)

As a staff writer, I am published in each issue of the magazine for the past several years. The online magazine is linked if you click the title above. I’ve selected some favorites below.

Practical Natives: 15 Plants to Bridge the Pauses - March 2025 - page 40

A Growing Experiment with Bur Oaks - October 2024 - page 40

10 Wonderful Wasps - September 2024 - page 44

Elegant, Edible Flowers - August 2024 - page 12

Translating New Naturalism to Urban Spaces - February 2024 - page 12

Winterscaping: Beauty in the Quiet Season - December 2023 - page 30

Phytoremediation: Putting Plants to Work - March 2023 - page 38

Using Vegetables as Ornamental Plants - June 2022 - page 18

Milton Lee Olive Park: A Landscape Legacy - February 2022 - page 40

The Gardens of the Art Institute - November 2021 - page 24

Bringing Nature Back: The Field Museum’s Rice Native Gardens - June 2021 - page 30

Lighting Up the Landscape with Chartreuse Plants - September 2020 - page 48

Tree Biomechanics: Wind, Storms, Ice - How Trees Cope - May 2020 - page 10

Chicagoland Gardening

Tropical Escapes: 10 Conservatories to Soothe Your Winter Soul – November/December 2018 – page 36

Amazing Agastaches – May/June 2018 – page 34

Golden Alexanders: Beautiful and Beneficial – March/April 2018 – page 32

Solutions for Salt – November/December 2017 – page 28

Gentians: Unusual Gems for the Garden – September/October 2017 – page 36

A Queen and Her Courtiers – May/June 2017 – page 34

Rhapsody in Blue – July/August 2016– page 30

The Four Season Garden – November/December 2015 – page 46

Plants vs. Winter – November/December 2014 – page 34

Narrow But Elegant – May/June 2015 – page 36

Chicago By Design – May/June 2014 – page 60

Additional publications:

Homeowner Association newsletters

Naperville Sun weekly column