Anne Marie Van Nest has worked as a professional horticulturist for the last two decades. Most recently at the University of Texas at Austin in the Plant Resources Center (Herbarium). Formerly, she was an instructor at the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture.
For over 10 years, Anne Marie has worked as a contributing writer and horticultural editor for Canadian Gardening magazine. She is the author of “Niagara in Bloom-The Gardens of the Niagara Parks Commission” and for 5 years wrote a weekly gardening column for the St Catharines Standard newspaper.
An honorary Toronto Master Gardener, Anne Marie is also a volunteer greenhouse manager for the Travis County Master Gardener Association in Austin, Texas.
Anne Marie has been a member of the Garden Writers Association for 20 years and currently is on the Executive Committee. She is a freelance garden writer and photographer, frequently traveling around the world visiting gardens and nurseries.
Anne Marie gardens at home in sunny, hot and often dry, Austin, Texas.
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Best Garden Hats
Garden hats announce to the world that the wearer loves the outdoors, cares about protection from the sun, and does it all with comfort and style. Whether in the garden with the crows or garden touring with the crowds; garden hats make a statement. ...
Best Watering Cans
It’s a bright, sunny day and the large, tropical Brugmansia on the patio is “flagging”, visibly shouting “I’m thirsty, I’m wilting and I need water now!” What’s the best watering can to transport life-saving water to this parched pla...
Best Garden Hoses
Who would have thought that picking a hose would have so many choices? What length should it be to get to that juniper in the far reaches of the yard? Should it be made of rubber, vinyl or a combination? Is a reinforced hose needed to withstand hi...
Best Garden Hand Pruners
It’s the same as asking if Ford is better than DaimlerChrysler or General Motors. Are Bypass prunes better than anvil or ratchet types? All of them will cut off a dead rose bloom. But not all of them will do it the same way. Anvil type pruners ...
Best Garden Trowels
Gardener’s know when they have found their ideal trowel. It’s a similar feeling to that of a violinist stroking a Stradivarius. It just feels “right”, like it belongs in only your hands. A great trowel is evenly balanced (blade with the ha...
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