Jacqueline A. Soule

Jacqueline A. Soule is a long-time Southwest gardener and award-winning garden writer. Of her many books, most are about gardening in the unique Southwestern climate. She has been a popular columnist for many years with weekly and monthly columns in a number of national, regional and local publications. Jacqueline is a popular speaker for professional and lay audiences alike. Dr. Soule has a B.S. in Horticulture and a B.S. in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona both with Honors and Cum Laude, a M.S. in Botany from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Texas. Jacqueline grew up in Tucson and has traveled extensively around the globe studying the vegetation. Her garden is the entire landscape around her home, filled with plants that need as little care as possible. Minimal care is not her only plant selection criteria however. Plants must also provide color, fragrance, texture, and movement in the landscape. Food for the table and food for native pollinators is also a high priority. Many of the plants in her latest book were test grown in her own yard. You can read her weekly posts on her website and on social media. Just remember the "e" in Soule ;-)