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Press & Publications

Selected Profiles

Garden Design Magazine, Into the Light, Joanna Fortnam, April 2007
New York Times, Where Eden Could Order its Plants, Ann Raver, October 6, 2005
Horticulture Magazine, A Gardeners Life, Tom Cooper, June 2005
Gardens Illustrated, Who’s Who, Val Easton, July/August 2005
New York Times Magazine, A Perfect Madness of Plants, Verlyn Klinkenborg, June 20, 1999
Fine Gardening, Tracking Down Terrific Plants, Steve Silk, December 1999
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PBS NOVA Television, ‘The First Flower’, horticultural consultant, April, 2007
Martha Stewart Television, garden consultant, guest, 1996 – 2007
Edmonds Community College, Professor of Horticulture, 1987 – 1996

Selected Publications

Windcliff, A Story of People, Plants and Gardens, 2020, Timber Press
The Explorer’ Garden, Shrubs and Vines from Four Corners of the World, 2009, Timber Press
Heronswood Nursery annual catalog, 25 to 250 pages, 1991 – 2005
Open Spaces, Adventures in the Plant Trade, volume 4, issue 4, 2002
(Other periodicals on request: American Gardener, Garden Design, Horticulture Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Pacific Horticulture, Seattle Times Pacific Magazine, Gardens Illustrated, Northwest Garden News, Garden Showcase)
The Explorers Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials, 1999, Timber Press, fourth printing.
Winter Ornamentals, 1993, Sasquatch Press.

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Daniel J. Hinkley

Teacher, writer, lecturer, consultant, nurseryman, naturalist, gardener.
Above all, he is committed to solid and sustainable horticultural practices, above average garden plants, landscapes of distinction and raising the collective awareness of the diversity of plant life on Earth as well as the magic and mysteries of our natural world. Learn more…

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