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Teri Dunn Chace
Teri Dunn Chace

Teri Dunn Chace

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  • Gardening Background

  • Biographical Information
    Teri Dunn Chace is a writer and editor of dozens of books, including Flower Gardening, Beautiful Roses Made Easy, Outstanding Perennials, 100 Favorite Herbs, and Potting Places: Creative Ideas for Practical Gardening Workspaces. She has also written and edited extensively for Horticulture, North American Gardener, Backyard Living, and Birds & Blooms. Raised in California and educated at Bard College in New York, Teri has gardened in a variety of climate zones and soil types, from inner city Portland, Oregon, to coastal Massachusetts. She now lives in a small, upstate New York village with snowy winters and glorious summers.
    Current projects: The Anxious Gardener's Guide: 112 Gardening Mistakes, How to Avoid or Remedy Them (or words to this effect!), Timber Press, due out in early 2012. Now writing Backyard Invaders: A Gardener's Guide to Invasive Plants, also Timber Press.

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  • Website
    http://terichacewriter.com/
  • Occupation
    writer/editor/consultant
  • Gardening Ability
    4 - Experienced
  • My 5 favorite plants are
    lady's mantle
    lavender
    heirloom tomatoes
    nasturtiums
    waterlilies
  • Do you have a gardening philosophy you would like to share with other gardeners? What is it?
    "Plants want to live."
  • What individual has influenced your gardening interest the most? How?
    I was fortunate to have a mentor and friend in the late W.C. (Bill) Frase of Orlando, Florida, who generously shared his knowledge of and passion for plants and gardening.
  • What do you dislike most about gardening?
    Slugs...I really HATE slugs.
  • Favorite Nursery
    Forestfarm, Williams, Oregon
  • Cat or Dog person
    Dog Person

  • Education

  • College / University
    Bard College
  • Graduation Year
    1983
  • Favorite Quote
    "Be thorough, constant, neat, and patient."
    Bill Frase

    --as useful in daily life as it is in gardening.

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  • I would like to promote my gardening expertise
    Yes