Autor/-in: Nina Koziol

An award-winning gardening expert, Nina Kozoil has been an adjunct faculty member at the Chicago Botanic Garden and an instructor at The Morton Arboretum since 1998. She is a frequent writer and contributor for Chicago Botanic Garden's website, and she has also written for Aquascape Lifestyles, Organic Gardening, Chicagoland Gardening, Old-House Journal, Fine Gardening, The Landscape Contractor, Country Garden, and The American Gardener. From 1995 to 2016, Nina was a garden writer and contest judge for The Chicago Tribune, and she currently writes for Illinois Landscape Contractor magazine and teaches education classes at their annual conference. The Garden Writers of America (now GardenComm) awarded Nina "Musings of an Everyday Gardener" in The Chicago Tribune's Home & Garden section. She has also presented a variety of programs for the Illinois State Master Gardeners' conference, the Perennial Plant Association, and other organizations.