Close up of woman's hand picking red pepper from her garden. - 1
  • What’s Good For Indoor Growing?
  • How Hot Do You Like Your Chilies?
  • The Best Windowsill Set-Up
  • The Trick to an Abundant Crop
Emma Kendell - 2

Emma is an avid gardener and has worked in media for over 25 years. Previously editor of Modern Gardens magazine, she regularly writes for the Royal Horticultural Society. She loves to garden hand-in-hand with nature and her garden is full of bees, butterflies and birds as well as cottage-garden blooms. As a keen natural crafter, her cutting patch and veg bed are increasingly being taken over by plants that can be dried or woven into a crafty project.

close up of bougainvillea blooms - 3
  • Can a Bougainvillea Stay Outside in Winter?
  • Is Winterizing Necessary?
  • Bougainvillea Winter Care
  • What to Do in Spring
  • FAQ

Teo Spengler is a master gardener and a docent at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, where she hosts public tours. She has studied horticulture and written about nature, trees, plants, and gardening for more than two decades, following a career as an attorney and legal writer. Her extended family includes some 30 houseplants and hundreds of outdoor plants, including 250 trees, which are her main passion. Spengler currently splits her life between San Francisco and the French Basque Country, though she was raised in Alaska, giving her experience of gardening in a range of climates.