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Gardening Writer
Doreen Howard, an award-winning author, is the former garden editor at Womanβs Day. She has gardened in every climate zone from California to Texas to Oklahoma to the Midwest. Sheβs especially fond of unusual houseplants and has also grown nearly 300 heirloom edibles.