Linda Coyner is a gardener/journalist
who planted her first seed in New York soil. She trained as a
landscape designer at the New York Botanical Garden. A few years
ago she said good-bye to her garden in Chappaqua, New York, and
a full-time job in book and magazine publishing. These days Linda
lives in Naples, Florida, where she's a Florida Certified Horticulture
Professional and a Master Naturalist in Wetlands. She is delighted
to be gardening year round as well as writing about plants and
flowers. Linda can be reached by email.
Linda received the
2002 Garden Writers Association Garden Globe award for her
SeniorWomen.com articles, Garden Edition: "Soy
Bean (a.k.a. Edamane)" and Garden Edition: "Water
Saving Products for The Garden," 3 Part Series.
In April 2004 she
received the same Garden Globe award for her two-part article
in SeniorWomen.com, Part
One: Sun
sense for gardeners; Skin and Eye Protection and Part
Two: Sun sense for gardeners; Protective Clothing
Garden Edition
January
2000 - Catalog Temptations
March
2000 - Experimenting
With the Dark Side
April 2000
- Messengers of Spring
May/June
2000 - The Value of Perennials
July
2000 - SeniorWomenWeb's Favorite Garden Tools
August
2000 - A Review of the Gardening for Dummies Books
September
2000 - Sources of Color in the Fall Garden
October
2000 - Foilage and Fall Planting
November
2000 - Gifts for Gardeners
December
2000 - Holiday Garden Books
January
2001 - Alice
in Wonderland's Winter Garden
February
2001 - Garden Shows and Starting Seeds
March 2001 - When gardeners need seed: Buying by Packet
April
2001 - The Garden Ornament
May 2001
- Choosing Colorful Bedding Plants
June 2001
- What is Happening to Petunias? Supertunia? Surfinia?
July 2001
- A real slug fest
August
2001 - Prime Time for Growing Caladiums.
September
2001 - A review of Michael Pollan's Botany of Desire
October
2001 - Spring and Early Summer Flowering Bulbs
November
2001 - Behind
the scenes of "Making More Plants" by Ken Druse
December
2001 - Garden Edition: December Holidays; Last-minute gifts
for gardeners: Winners & Losers
*January
2002 - Soy Beans (aka Edamame)
February
2002 - From the Garden Bookshelf: The Southern Garden,
Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, Sunbelt Gardening Success
in Hot Weather Climates, Dogs in their Gardens, Six-Legged Sex:
The Erotic Lives of Bugs
March
2002 - Off
the Garden Bookshelf: Insects
and Gardens by Eric Grissel
April
2002 - Water-smart lawns
*May 2002
- Water-saving
products for the garden: soaker hoses
*June
2002 - Water-saving products for the garden, Part II: Superabsorbers
*July
2002 - Water-saving
products for the garden, Part III: Gator
bag, moisture sensor, and wrist-operated hose nozzle
August
2002 - End of Summer Garden Edition: The Lure of the Orchid
September
2002 - Three
Worthy Additions to the Gardener’s Bookshelf
November
2002 - Gifts for Gardeners
December
2002 - Amaryllis,
Today's Superbulb
January
2003 - What's
Notable and New for 2003
February
2003 - Book
review: Garden and Climate by Chip Sullivan
March
2003 - Coleus Gets a Wake-up Call
April
2003 - Book Review: The Intuitive Gardener by Marilyn Raff
May 2003
- What
Will This Year's Garden Look Like?
June
2003 - Exploring
the Mysteries of Garden Design
July
2003 - The Perfect Vacation Companion for the Gardener: Beverley
Nichols
*August
2003 - Part One: Sun
sense for gardeners; Skin and Eye Protection
*August
2003 - Part Two: Sun sense for gardeners; Protective Clothing
October
2003 - Movers and Shakers of Garden
Design
November
2003 - Gifts for Gardening Friends
January
2004 - Plant Stars on the Rise
September 2004 - A Peek Preview of 2005*
*Linda has been on leave from writing in her role as caregiver
*
2003 and
2004 Garden Writers Association Award
