Louise Donnelly
LOUISE DONNELLY is the former garden and cookbook columnist for BC BookWorld and continues there as a contributing editor. For many years she worked for an Okanagan Valley orchard fruit market as an in-house writer and book buyer. She lives in a log house on a small acreage that was once part of the historic BX Ranch and, as a keen but amateur backyard gardener, is delighted when the raspberries are ripe.

Alison Beck
ALISON BECK is a seasoned gardening writer, with 38 books published to date. She came to the task well trained, with a university degree in Creative Writing and a diploma in horticultural technology. The English-born Beck has been gardening since she was a child. Her writing reflects a talent for practical advice and a passion for gardening.