Karen Bussolini is a lifelong organic gardener and lover of nature.  She had a long career as a garden photographer, speaker and writer before establishing a practice as an eco-friendly garden coach.  Her stories, combining writing and photography, are frequently published in The American Gardener, the magazine of The American Horticultural Society as well as The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's publication, Wildflower.  She has six books to her credit, including The Naturescaping Workbook, for which she was the photographer,  The Homeowner's Complete Tree and Shrub Handbook and Elegant Silvers, which she also co-authored.  She is a NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional; her garden coaching practice is devoted to teaching homeowners to garden more sustainably.  She gardens on a deer-infested mountainside in South Kent, Connecticut.