Emily Murphy is the author of GROW NOW: How We Can Save Our Health, Communities, and Planet -- One Garden at a Time (Timber Press, Feb. 1, 2022) and the best-selling book, Grow What You Love (Firefly Books). Emily is an organic gardener with a BS in Ethnobotanical Resources from... Humboldt State University under which she studied botany, environmental science, and ecology as well as religious and cultural studies, and herbal medicine. She later studied pedagogy at Sierra Nevada College and garden design with the California School of Garden Design, and worked as a classroom teacher and school garden educator. She teaches and speaks regularly about gardening and living, and her writing appears in numerous publications such as Better Homes & Gardens. Emily is also a photographer, cook, garden design coach and consultant, and creator of the celebrated blog, Pass The Pistil. Show more