horticulturist * author * freelance writer * photographer *
lecture
 In
her constant, undying pursuit of all things garden-related,
Tovah gets her hands dirty both outside and indoors. She is
a perennial, heirloom, vegetable and cottage gardener of fanatical
proportions, and is accredited with NOFA as an Organic Land
Care Professional. Beyond the garden outdoors, Tovah’s
areas of specialty also include decades of experience with houseplants
(she grows over 200 in her home). That passion for gardening
indoors led to her books, The Indestructible Houseplant (Timber
Press, 2015), The Unexpected Houseplant (Timber Press, 2012)
and The New Terrarium (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2009). Most
recently, a new title was added to her book publications. Gold
Medal award winning The Garden in Every Sense and Season (Timber
Press, 2018) describes how your garden can kindle the senses
on all layers to become more meaningful. These newest publications
are added to more than a dozen titles that Tovah has authored
including Tasha Tudor’s Garden (Houghton Mifflin, 1994).
Publications and Awards
You can also catch the gardening
contagion and read about Tovah’s adventures and travels
through her articles in Country Gardens, Country Home, Flower
Magazine, Yankee, Martha Stewart Living, Cottage Journal, New
England Home, Better Homes & Gardens, Connecticut Cottages
& Gardens, Coastal Design, Old House Journal, Living the
Country Life, Milieu, Dwell, Westchester Home & Garden,
Gardens Illustrated, Morning Calm (the inflight magazine for
Korean Airlines) as well as many other publications. When she’s
not writing for print media, she blogs at www.plantswise.com
as well as creating web, blog, and catalog content for plant-related
clients.
For her writing, Tovah was awarded The Garden Club of America’s
award for outstanding literary achievement and an Honorary Membership
in The Garden Club of America and the Litchfield Garden Club
in May 2010. In 2013, she received the Gustav Mehlquist Award—the
highest honor bestowed by the Connecticut Horticultural Society.
And in 2019, The Garden in Every Sense and Season won the Gold
Medal from Garden Communicators International.
Tovah appears frequently on television
and radio – she was a guest on the CBS Sunday Early Show
and the Martha Stewart Show as well as many other broadcasts
including the PBS television gardening series “Cultivating
Life,” where she served as editorial producer. Follow
her on Facebook at Plantswise by Tovah Martin. Check out her
lecture
schedule for a talk, demonstration or workshop near you.
Photography
With a lifetime spent behind the
lens, Tovah is now officially going professional. She knows
gardens, she loves gardens, and she is intimate with plants.
She sees the beauty and strives to capture the moment.
For 25 years, Tovah photographed
the Logee’s Greenhouse catalog. When she worked for the
Litchfield County Times’ arts monthly, her photographs
illustrated her articles and were often featured on their covers.
She has snapped photos illustrating her stories in Yankee Magazine’s
Gardener’s Guide and Northshore Magazine as well as the
images for her lectures, Facebook, and Instagram pages. With
the passing of collaborator/photographer Kindra Clineff, picking
up the camera helped process the grief. Now Tovah is making
her work as a garden photographer available to magazines, garden
designers, fellow gardeners who want to document their landscapes,
and anyone else who might be interested. Contact her at tovah@tovahmartin.com
for more information. She would love to chronicle your collaboration
with nature.
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