Helen Yoest

Helen Yoest is an award winning freelance garden writer, scout and stylist for some of the nation’s leading shelter magazines.

Her work regularly appears in Country Gardens magazines, Better Homes and Gardens magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Southern Living magazine, and many others.

Yoest is the Executive director BeeBetter.info, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) for nature and the environment, teaching homeowners how to garden and bee better.

Helen is the author of the book Gardening with Confidence–50 ways to Add Style for Personal Creativity, Plants with Benefits--An uninhabited Guide to the Aphrodisiac Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, and Veggies, and Good Berry Bad Berry--Who's Edible, Who's Toxic, and How to Tell the Difference.

Helen's personal blog, Gardening with Confidence, shares Mid-atlantic maintenance tips. Yoest also authors the website: Bee Better--Helping Homeowners Build Better Backyards for Birds, Bees, & Butterflies.