Speaking/Writing
I am a Central Massachusetts-based freelance writer and educator specializing in habitat landscaping and earth-friendly gardening.
Classes/Presentations Available in 2010:
Habitat Gardening
Creating a Bird and Butterfly-friendly Garden
Pollinator-friendly Landscaping
Earth-friendly Landscaping
If you're a community college, nature organization or garden club looking for a speaker, please contact me about booking a presentation suitable for your audience.
In 2010, I will be teaching various gardening classes and leading tours at New England Wild Flower Society, Tower Hill Botanic Garden and BayPath Adult Evening School. Please visit those web sites for registration.
Writing Services:
Whether you are looking for a convincing grant proposal for your nature organization, a "how-to" gardening information sheet, or need to transform complex ecological or technical information into something that everybody can understand, I can help you reach your audience.
All prices and fees are negotiable. Please contact me for references or writing samples. Click here for a brochure on waterside landscaping I wrote for the Sugden Reservoir Association.
Recent/Upcoming Magazine Articles:
Regular contributor to Massachusetts Wildlife
Birds & Blooms Extra Jan 2008 (article selected for publication in The Best of Birds & Blooms 2009 published by Birds & Blooms Books).
BackHome Jan/Feb 2009
Mother Earth News (Jun/Jul 2009 issue)
Natural Home (Mar/Apr 2010 issue)
Web Content:
Common Ground Land Trust Inc.
Spencer DART
Classes/Presentations Available in 2010:
Habitat Gardening
Creating a Bird and Butterfly-friendly Garden
Pollinator-friendly Landscaping
Earth-friendly Landscaping
If you're a community college, nature organization or garden club looking for a speaker, please contact me about booking a presentation suitable for your audience.
In 2010, I will be teaching various gardening classes and leading tours at New England Wild Flower Society, Tower Hill Botanic Garden and BayPath Adult Evening School. Please visit those web sites for registration.
Writing Services:
Whether you are looking for a convincing grant proposal for your nature organization, a "how-to" gardening information sheet, or need to transform complex ecological or technical information into something that everybody can understand, I can help you reach your audience.
All prices and fees are negotiable. Please contact me for references or writing samples. Click here for a brochure on waterside landscaping I wrote for the Sugden Reservoir Association.
Recent/Upcoming Magazine Articles:
Regular contributor to Massachusetts Wildlife
Birds & Blooms Extra Jan 2008 (article selected for publication in The Best of Birds & Blooms 2009 published by Birds & Blooms Books).
BackHome Jan/Feb 2009
Mother Earth News (Jun/Jul 2009 issue)
Natural Home (Mar/Apr 2010 issue)
Web Content:
Common Ground Land Trust Inc.
Spencer DART
About Me:
I'm a lifelong gardener, tending various gardens in Massachusetts and Hampshire, England. A professional writer and business analyst for many years, I now enjoy spreading the word about two of my passions, habitat gardening and farming with horses.
I hold a BA in English and Communications from Clark University (1989), and have also studied at Sussex University in Brighton, England.
Other Education:
New England Wild Flower Society:
Certificate in Native Plant Horticulture & Design (2008)
Windstar Wildlife Institute:
Certified Wildlife Habitat Naturalist (2004)
&
National Master Naturalist (2008)
Community Service:
Spencer DART (Disaster Animal Response Team) - Public Information Officer (2006-present)
Common Ground Land Trust for Leicester and Spencer, MA - (Member of Board of Directors since 2006)
Other Experience:
19 years' experience in writing:
- User manuals
- Product or technical data and information sheets
- Sales bids/proposals
- Training courses
- Functional Specifications
- Newsletters
- Magazine articles
- Grant proposals
- Brochures
- Web content
- Online help
