Meet the Team

Melinda Myers

Gardening Expert

Melinda Myers is the real deal and she’s got the dirt under her fingernails and the degree on the wall to prove it.

A nationally-known gardening expert, Melinda is an experienced TV/radio host, the author of over 20 gardening books, a syndicated columnist, and frequent speaker at flower shows, Master Gardener events and home & garden shows across the country.

Thanks to a Master’s Degree in Horticulture and 30+ years of experience, Melinda not only knows her tubers from her bulbs, she also helps instill confidence in gardening newbies while inspiring those who have mulched their fair share of garden beds.

Of course, she’s killed a few plants along the way, but she’s not afraid to admit it! (As a horticulturist she knows why they die and as a gardener she says it makes more room to try something new.)

Melinda brings intelligence, enthusiasm, and a down-to-earth sensibility to every presentation and educational opportunity. As she says, “I’m a teacher at heart. Radio, TV, newspapers, and blogs are my classrooms.”

Awards

Melinda has received numerous awards throughout her career, including most recently:

The GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators Hall of Fame Award

The American Horticultural Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award

Media Presence

Melinda’s Garden Moments TV & Radio

Columnist for Birds & Blooms, Wisconsin Gardening, Chicagoland Gardening and her syndicated newspaper column

Books & DVDs

20+ Gardening Books

The Great Courses: How to Grow Anything DVD series

Diana Paul

Marketing and Public Relations, LLC

Our marketing and media relations guru is also that friendly voice you hear when reaching out to our team.

Diana’s our juggler of TV/radio & newspaper syndication, sponsorships, interviews, event appearances, public relations efforts and so much more. She has a journalism degree and over 20 years of marketing and public relations experience.

In her spare time, Diana shows German shepherds, acts as chief chauffeur for her daughter and every so often attempts to find time for a good book.

Dawn Stark

Graphic Designer and Horticulturist

Dawn puts the beauty in all the team’s outreach efforts.

Her unique combination of photography, design and horticulture experiences along with a Landscape Horticulture degree result in fun, informative and beautiful educational and marketing materials.

She assists with the production of Melinda’s Garden Moments TV segments, contributes to and manages the photo library, is videographer and editor of social media video content and much, much more. Dawn appropriately calls herself “Jack of all Trades”. She enjoys down time at the lake with her wife and their two beagles.