Meleah Maynard

Meleah Maynard is a Minneapolis-based journalist who has written about everything from how to cook a chicken on a beer can to how a Minneapolis art curator helped recover stolen antiquities in Iraq. As a master gardener she most enjoys working with Habitat for Humanity families on their home landscapes, planting trees with kids and helping people of all ages garden happily without fear of breaking ridiculous rules.

At home, Meleah gardens with her husband, Mike, and dog, Lily. Because they live on a corner lot, passersby always stop to ask gardening questions and that, in many ways, inspired the topic for this book.