The Iowa Gardener newsletter is a joint effort between two writer-editors who are also passionate gardeners, Veronica Lorson Fowler and Benjamin Allen.
Veronica Lorson Fowler is a garden writer and complete garden geek living in Ames. She is the author and editor of a number of gardening books, including “Gardening in Iowa.”
The former editor of Better Homes and Garden’s “Flower Gardening” magazine, she is now a freelance writer and editor who has contributed to a variety of other gardening books and many magazine articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Country Home, Horticulture, Garden Design, and others. She also writes a garden column for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. A graduate of Iowa State University and a Master Gardener, she has lived in Ames for more than 40 years, where she has juggled work and raising three children with tending a sometimes messy but always highly varied garden.
Benjamin Allen worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years as a writer, reporter and editor. His publications in both print and online primarily cover subjects of home improvement, landscaping, and gardening although he has ventured into food and Iowa culture on occasion.
His Craftsman-style home built in 1912 and small lot and garden give him ample opportunities to put his do-it-yourself skills to good use. He annually orders far too seeds in the depths of winter and subsequently creates an overcrowded yet bountiful garden filled with vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Ben lives in Des Moines with his wife Marguerite Fitch and two spoiled cats, Manchester and Tiger Lily.
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