Susan Harris Bio

Founder and editor of Good Gardening Videos.org, a 501(c)(3) pro-science, pro-environment educational campaign that launched in 2017.
Co-founder, co-editor and regular contributor to the award-winning team blog GardenRant.
Garden blogger for independent garden centers, including Behnkes and Homestead Gardens in Maryland.
Founder and photo editor of DC Gardens, a nonprofit campaign to promote gardening and public gardens in the Washington, D.C. area.
Contributor to national magazines, including Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening and Landscape Architecture.
Founder, editor and contributor to Greenbelt Online, the community website about the New Deal garden city of Greenbelt, Maryland.

From 2005 to 2013 Susan taught gardening to clients in their gardens – a service known as coaching.

Former president and newsletter editor for the Takoma Horticultural Club in Maryland.
Organizer of garden tours, plant swaps and other local teaching and networking events for gardeners.

Attended public schools in Richmond, Virginia and earned a B.A. from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
Before her mid-life career change to garden coaching and writing, Susan worked at Common Cause and as an assignment court reporter for Congress, federal agencies, and the courts.
Certified as a Master Gardener in the District of Columbia.