Benjamin Vogt

Benjamin Vogt is the author of three books ---- A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future; Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design; and Afterimage: Poems. He owns Monarch Gardens LLC, a prairie-inspired garden design firm that works with clients in Nebraska and throughout the Midwest. His landscapes have been featured in The American Gardeners, Dwell, Fine Gardening, Garden Design, The Guardian, Midwest Living, and the Wall Street Journal. For over 5 years Benjamin wrote an award-winning garden column for Houzz (nearly 3 million readers) and has contributed words and photographs to several books. He is a sought after speaker for his humor and lyrical passion, presenting at national conferences, botanic gardens, and symposiums on landscape ethics and unlawning America. Benjamin has a PhD from the University of Nebraska, an MFA from The Ohio State University, and a BFA from the University of Evansville. He and his wife dream of restoring 20-40 acres to tallgrass prairie, hosting an artist residency program, and creating a large destination garden using 100% native plants. For more on Benjamin's speaking schedule, garden design work, online classes, workshops, pocket guides, snarky shirts, and newsletter, please link to: http://monarchgard.com