Rosefiend Cordell (aka Melinda R. Cordell) has been a municipal horticulturist, and has worked as a greenhouse manager, a perennials czar, a landscaper laborer, and a landscape designer through her career, and she ran a public rose garden with over 300 roses (mostly antique roses). Now she writes books (it's easier on the back) about what she's learned over the years in gardening. The maple that she's posing with in her author photo is one she planted in the parks system in the late 1990s. Good times! Rosefiend Cordell is her gardening book pen name; she writes epic fantasy with dragons under her real name (you can read those as well, hint hint).
Melinda's guide is helping me design the landscape of my dreams. Another fabulous Rosefiend Cordell fun and funny garden book. At the top of mom's favorite list! Down to earth humor and good fun along with great tips for you landscape and garden planning. Advice on scheduling, calendars - and how to use them! Common sense and long years of experience advice - and did I mention humor? - about dealing with the little challenges that inevitably crop up - and ideas of how you might make the best of the situation. case in point? Barberries, for example, have good points...but they also have very sharp points. The drawings and illustrations range from quite funny to quite beautiful. We just really enjoy these witty and insightful guides!