Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp - Profile and Journalist Details

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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp owns Write for You!, a free-lance writing and editing business. She contributes to several publications, websites and other media, including The Indianapolis Star and Indiana Gardening Magazine. She is the editor of Iowa Gardener, Michigan Gardening, Minnesota Gardener and Wisconsin Gardening magazine. A popular speaker about gardening and sustainable living, she also works as a garden coach. For 14 years, she has worked seasonally at a large, independent garden center, where she has been a buyer of perennials, trees and shrubs. Also from this author: • The Visitor’s Guide to American Gardens by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp (Cool Springs Press, 2011) • Indiana Gardener’s Guide Revised Edition by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp and Tom Tyler (Cool Springs Press, 2004). • Indiana Gardener’s Guide by Tom Tyler and Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp (Cool Springs Press, 1997). • The Hoosier Gardener Web site: http://hoosiergardener.com Contributor to: • The Garden Tourist 1998, 2000 and 2001 by Lois Rosenfeld, Garden Tourist Press • 1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas by Rodale Press, 1999 • Wings of Their Dreams: Purdue In Flight by John Norberg, Purdue Press, 2004 (Amelia Earhart chapter). • Oxford Companion to the Garden edited by Patrick Taylor, Oxford University Press, 2006. • Gardener’s Gardens (working title), Phaidon Press, due out winter 2014 Memberships/community service: Secretary, Garden Writers Association (gardenwriters.org) Great Garden Speakers (greatgardenspeakers.com) Director, Indianapolis Museum of Art Horticultural Society (imahortsoc.org) President, Friends of Garfield Park Inc. (garfieldparkindy.org) Marion County Master Gardeners WFYI Public Broadcasting Marketing/Communications Advisory Committee Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana (past president) Former Director, Marion County Extension Board of Directors Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp P.O. Box 20310, Indianapolis, Ind. 46220-0310 thehoosiergardener@gmail.com http://hoosiergardener.com • greatgardenspeaker.com

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Total articles 18

• Dahlias revive Zionsville's horticulture roots

  By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp| Hoosier Gardener@ About 100 years ago, two nurseries in Zionsville were having a duel, of sorts, over which one could produce the best dahlias. Dahlias were incredibly popular in the early 20th century and their mail order catalogs sold tubers not just to local gardeners, but to gardeners throughout the country. The catalogs offered the tubers for 50 cents to $2.50. Back then, $2.50 was quite a sum. Dahlia Creme de Cassis grows in Mark Zelonis’ Zionsville garden.

  By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp · Hoosier Gardener

  Aug. 17, 2019

• Clematis wilt turns vine brown or black

  By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp| Hoosier Gardener@ July 24, 2010 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp Clematis wilt afflicts flowering vine. (C) Shirley RemesClematis is one of the most popular perennial vines in the landscape. The plant has  large or small star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers, depending on the cultivar. The cultivar also determines when the clematis blooms — off and on all summer or only at specific times, such as spring or fall.

  By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp · Hoosier Gardener

  Jul. 17, 2019

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