Home Guild Members Marianne Willburn Specialities Book Author Editor Lecturer Photographer Website Editor Website Writer Writer: Consumer Magazines Writer: Local Newspapers Writer: National Newspaper Writer: Trade & Professional Marianne Willburn BSc Full Member Biography Marianne Willburn is an opinion columnist for the American Horticultural Society’s The American Gardener and the author of Tropical Plants and How to Love Them and Big Dreams, Small Garden. She is a contributing editor at GardenRant.com, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens and podcasts such as Cultivating Place and A Way to Garden. Marianne has been a newspaper columnist for over a decade and is the recipient of Gold and Silver Media Awards from Garden Communicators International (formerly GWA). Her most recent book, Tropical Plants and How to Love Them, received a Gold and Silver 2022 Media Award for both writing and design and was shortlisted by the Garden Media Guild (UK) for the Peter Seabrook Practical Book of The Year in 2021. She is a University College London graduate, and gardens in Virginia. Additional Interests Entertaining, Cooking, Travel, Foraging, Hiking, Camping Talks Based in: Virginia, USA, United States of America, US Distance willing to travel: Internationally and Nationally Virtual talks available: Yes Fees: contact for details Talks: Garden Building: Exploring the Process & Adapting Big Ideas to Small Gardens Tropical Fusion: Successfully Using Tropical Plants in a Temperate Garden Inspiring Tropical Accents for Containers Storing Tropical Plants in Temperate Climates: Decisions, Tips, Techniques Address United States Contact Details Contact Member × Send Message * indicates a required field Name* Phone Number* Email Address* Subject* Message*