Robin Plaskoff Horton
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robin Horton writes about home and garden design, home improvement, sustainable living, and travel with a special interest in garden tourism. Her clients have included Kellogg Garden Products, Burpee Seed Company, and Fiskars; and her work has appeared in publications including Family Handyman, Fix.com, Houzz, Venü Magazine, and Trivago Magazine. She is the publisher of the Webby-nominated blog, Urban Gardens, which has received gold and silver awards from GardenComm and a platinum award from Art Direction Magazine’s Creativity International Awards. Better Homes and Gardens named Urban Gardens one of Ten Best Garden Blogs, and Mashable included the blog on its list of Ten Must-Follow Home and Garden Twitter feeds. Robin has presented storytelling workshops at the Landscape Expo, Mother Nature News Fair, GardenComm, and also served on an expert panel at the Garden Bloggers Conference. A native Californian who moved from beach to bayou, Robin now lives in New Orleans where she’s working hard to learn the local lingo. View Robin’s portfolio page or visit her on LinkedIn.
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