About Cultivating Words

Translate your love for plants and gardens into words and words into writing with this first-ever comprehensive guide to garden writing by an expert in the field.

This practical book will help passionate gardeners and plant lovers and/or plant professionals shape their passion and ideas into:

* how-to articles * feature stories
* travel articles * essays

Cultivating Words also offers practical advice on writing at the sentence level and resources on the how-to of publishing.

Who should buy and use this book?

* All gardeners or plant lovers who have ever wished to write,
anything from a personal journal to an article for a local newspaper

* Gardeners considering a career in writing about gardens

* Novice freelance garden writers hoping to advance to a professional level

* Master Gardeners who have been asked to write an article or column

* Editors of or contributors to gardening newsletters

* Journalism and writing students intending to write about gardens

* Garden photographers wanting to write their own texts

* People in any media (advertising, public relations, catalogs)
required to write about plants or gardening

* Horticultural professionals who want to promote their business

* Garden designers and landscape architects

and anyone who wants to translate passion for plants and gardens into words.