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By Orene Horton
Orene takes you, month by month, through a whole year in her garden, providing encouragement and words of wisdom on everything from how to defeat slugs to ways to use vegetables as ornamental plants. Do you have problems with too much shade? Too much sun? Poor soil? Not enough color in your flower beds? Have you run out of ideas for what to plant? Orene has answers for these and hundreds of other questions that challenge every gardener. Her conversational style, infectious enthusiasm, and great sense of humor make you feel as if you are listening to a valued friend.
Rowland Alston, Host, "Making It Grow": "Orene's writings are accurate and timely, with a common sense approach. Her artistic skills transform the science of gardening into the joy of gardening." Linda Askey, Former Garden Editor, Southern Living: "It is good to hear Orene's voice again. Even in print, she is soft-spoken, yet powerful; gentle, yet wise; so nice, but a little bit naughty. We miss her, but she remains the great lady of Southern garden writing. Orene was a garden evangelist. She lived by example, sharing her love and devotion to the art of gardening at every opportunity. Her love lives on. Orene Horton didn't just write about gardening. She planted, lectured, toured, taught, and assisted others to find the same joy she found in her personal Eden. But when she wrote, her considerable experience in gardening was revealed." Susan Audé, WIS-TV, Columbia, S.C.: "When I read Orene Horton's beautifully phrased musings and advice, I'm not sure which benefits more, my garden or my soul. Orene Horton combines her gardening wisdom with lovely prose. It's as if I'm right beside her as she takes me on a tour of her lovely, exuberant garden. How blessed we are that Orene did not just garden for herself, but through her practical and beautiful prose, gardened for all of us."
A resident of Columbia, South Carolina, Orene drew inspiration from her gardening friends, and from visits to other gardens, especially Riverbanks Botanical Garden near her home. Her own garden has been featured in Southern Living and Fine Gardening magazines and in "The Victory Garden" series on National Public Television. Her husband, Tate, and her children, Bret and Eveleigh, continue to maintain the garden that she loved.
HERE ARE SAMPLES: "When planning a garden, we usually think first in terms related to our visual sense. We consider plants or shrubs on the basis of the color of their blossoms and foliage. But it is the fragrances that evoke the strongest response. The sense of smell is the sense that most often stirs memories from the past, often of delightful plants we remember from childhood. Plant now for pleasant memories in the future."
"I can conjure up from childhood the smell of the rich, humusy, damp, black earth found on the shady bank of the creek on our farm. My Columbia garden is shady, so I can only dream about growing tomatoes, corn, and sunflowers; and what it would be like to garden in the sunshine. But for a little girl who grew up building log cabins in the woods, and walking barefoot down the middle of the creek, I'm not sure dirt would smell the same in the sun."
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Orene
Stroud Horton found her life's calling in the garden. After becoming a
Clemson Master Gardener, this South Carolina native completed a course
at the School of Garden Design of the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in England.
She lectured in Georgia and both Carolinas and taught gardening classes
while pursuing a career as a freelance garden writer. A member of the
Garden Writers Association of America, she wrote a column for The State
newspaper. Her articles appeared in other South Carolina publications
and in Fine Gardening magazine. At Southern Living magazine,
she served as an assistant garden editor and as a contributing editor.
