A Launch Party for Kelly Smith Trimble

517 Union Avenue,Knoxville TN 37902

28 February, 2023

Description

Union Ave Books is excited to present a launch party with Kelly Smith Trimble in honor of her newest title, The Creative Vegetable Gardener. This event will take place on the book’s release date, February 28, 2023 @ 5:30 at Union Ave Books (517 Union Ave). About the Author: Kelly Smith Trimble is an editor, writer, and gardener from Knoxville, Tennessee. Her book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom (Storey, 2019) is a collection of seasonal advice and inspiration for edible gardeners. Her second book, The Creative Vegetable Gardener, will be released by Storey in early 2023. Kelly’s career in lifestyle media spans 20+ years with work for brands including Southern Living, Lowe’s, Bonnie Plants, the National Park Foundation, and HGTV. Her real-life vegetable gardening advice has helped thousands of gardeners learn to grow — in skill, confidence, and joy for the practice. Kelly holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Environmental Studies from Sewanee: The University of the South, and an M.S. in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in writing and communications from Green Mountain College (now the Green Mountain Center for Sustainability at Prescott College). She is a certified master gardener through Auburn University in Alabama. About the Book: Wise, playful, and happy: An inspiring guide to creative and fruitful connection to the living world.Excellent practical advice, based on deep experience, offered in a spirit of joy and kindness. David George Haskell, author of Sounds Wild and Broken, The Songs of Trees, and The Forest Unseen, and professor, Sewanee: The University of the South ____ Kelly Smith Trimble listened to her landscape to create a vegetable garden that went beyond evenly spaced rows and rectangular boxes. Using this experience, along with stories of other skilled gardeners, she challenges our assumptions and presents us with a treasure trove of ideas drawn from the wonder and magic found in natural spaces. The Creative Vegetable Gardener shows us that moving from a transactional relationship with vegetable growing, to a collaborative one, not only makes your garden more beautiful but also encourages biodiversity, resists pests and disease, produces more, and takes less effort. This book will give you both the inspiration and practical steps to design your most attractive and regenerative vegetable garden yet! Stephanie Rose, Permaculture Designer, Master Gardener, and best-selling author of 12 books including The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-sustaining Garden Ecosystem and Garden Alchemy: 80 Recipes and Concoctions for Organic Fertilizers, Plant Elixirs, Potting Mixes, Pest Deterrents, and More ____ In this heart-filled and ecologically minded book, Kelly Smith Trimble reminds us that growing a garden can be a deeply personal process that benefits you and the planet. Thoughtfully illustrated and beautifully photographed, Smith Trimble combines case studies, historical references, and entry points for approaching your garden as an integral piece to healthy living balanced with core knowledge for growing a thriving organic garden filled with biodiversity. Emily Murphy, author of GROW NOW and GROW WHAT YOU LOVE ____ The Creative Vegetable Gardener is like a little permission slip to not be so concerned about gardening “rules,” but rather to garden in a way that feels authentic to you. It provides unique approaches to vegetable gardening and design that tie in with our evolving efforts to incorporate native plants, attract pollinators, support wildlife and more. Tara Nolan, author of Gardening Your Front Yard and a co-founder of SavvyGardening.com ____ As a novice gardener, I learned so much from this book, and I'm feeling very inspired to try new things. It's just packed with information, but it's also so personal and warm and filled with delightful stories. This isn't a book about being perfect or putting pressure on yourself to always get things right. It's about creativity and joy — and about gardening as a craft. Spending time with all these ideas, and all these beautiful gardens, was just wonderful. Susan Harlan, author of Decorating a Room of One’s Own and professor, Wake Forest University