Renee Shepherd
Renee Shepherd is a gardening entrepreneur and writer known for
Seed companies
Shepherd earned a
Publications and other work
Shepherd is known for writing her own plant descriptions and growing information for her catalogues and seed packets.[9] She has published two cookbooks (Recipes from a Kitchen Garden and More Recipes from a Kitchen Garden), as well as numerous articles in food, gardening, and lifestyle periodicals. She maintains a gardening blog, and lectures at gardening shows and conferences.[10] She and her seeds are mentioned in the novel See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid.[11]
Shepherd has served on the advisory board of the National Gardening Association. Her charitable work includes donating seed for community, prison, and school gardens in the United States, Honduras, Nigeria, and Uganda, and a fundraising program through Renee's Garden for schools and nonprofit organizations.[12]
Trials and gardening philosophy
Shepherd lives on a four-acre site in the
References
- ^ Karen Weir-Jimerson and Jane McKeon, "The Herb Hunter," Better Homes and Gardens (August 2012), p. 90.
- ^ "Executive Profile: Renee Shepherd", Bloomberg Businessweek
- ^ Hazel White, "A Gardening Life: Seedswoman Renee Shepherd," Horticulture (August–September 2007), p. 60; Jim Long, "The Generous Gardener: Renee's Garden Spreads the Word of Gardening and Good Seed," Heirloom Gardening (Winter 2012–13), p. 80.
- ^ Anne Raver, "Resistance May Be Futile: The Catalogs Are Here," The New York Times (January 16, 2000)[1]; Journey to New England: A Traveller's Guide (Globe Pequot Press, 1999), p. 353.
- ^ Anne Raver, "Abruptly, an End Comes for a Garden Shangri-La" The New York Times (June 8, 2006)[2]; Janet Fletcher, "Garden Entrepreneur Renee Shepherd Cultivates Another Seed Firm," San Francisco Chronicle (March 4, 1998)[3]
- ^ Anne Raver, "Summer's Plump Little Success Story," The New York Times (June 22, 2006)[4]
- ^ Ann Kaiser, "Editor in the Country: Ann's on 'Jury Duty'," Country Woman Magazine (January–February 2006), p. 6.
- ^ Justine DaCosta, "For 25 Years, the Woman Behind Renee's Garden Has Cultivated the Notion That Growing Plants from Seed Is Easier than You Might Think," Santa Cruz Sentinel (March 26, 2011)[5]
- ^ White, "A Gardening Life," p. 60; Long, "The Generous Gardener," p. 81; Fletcher, "Garden Entrepreneur Renee Shepherd".
- ^ "Renee Shepherd" biography and blog
- ^ Jamaica Kincaid, See Now Then (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013)
- ^ White, "A Gardening Life," p. 60; Long, "The Generous Gardener," p. 81.
- ^ White, "A Gardening Life," p. 60.
- ^ Long, "The Generous Gardener," p. 81; DaCosta, "For 25 Years, the Woman Behind Renee's Garden".
- ^ White, "A Gardening Life," p. 60; Long, "The Generous Gardener," p. 82.
- ^ Long, "The Generous Gardener," p. 82.