• Better Homes and Gardens Quick Color Gardening, release date: January 2013
• Better Homes and Gardens Perennial Gardening, release date: January 2011
• Better Homes and Gardens Garden Decorating, release date: Spring 2003
• Better Homes and Gardens Garden Rooms, release date: Spring 2003

Lowe’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Garden Blog
These blogs showcase my garden, unless noted otherwise in the blog. I also shoot the photos and videos, unless noted:
http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/RegionalGardening/RegionalGardeningMidAtlantic.aspx

Bayer Advanced.com Garden Gazette/Learning Center
I write non-bylined feature stories for the Bayer Advanced Garden Gazette, a monthly e-newsletter. I also help develop the gazette content. Sample articles:

• Fall Strategies to Protect Next Spring’s Edibles

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/articles/fall-strategies-to-protect-next-spring-s-edibles

• Cold-Snap Care

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/articles/cold-snap-care

• Grasscycling: Lawn Care’s Biggest Bargain

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/articles/grasscycling-lawn-care-s-biggest-bargain

Bonnie Plants I write non-bylined plant descriptions, how-to-grow pieces, and other site copy for this national plant seller. Sample content:

• Fall Strategies to Protect Next Spring’s Edibles

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/articles/fall-strategies-to-protect-next-spring-s-edibles

• Cold-Snap Care

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/articles/cold-snap-care

• Grasscycling: Lawn Care’s Biggest Bargain

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/articles/grasscycling-lawn-care-s-biggest-bargain

Here are some recent pictures. Enjoy!

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“Julie Martens is an editor’s dream. Her copy is engaging, active, and fun. She knows her (gardening) stuff, and she communicates information in an easy-to-understand and enthusiastic way.”

Karen Weir-Jimerson

Editor and author of So Much Sky

Author of So Much Sky

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