SG536: How Creative Garden Author Dawn Pape Educates and Excites Both Kids and Adults

Before we get started, tell us a little bit about your life and your love of nature?

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Your first book was titled, Lawn Chair Gardener. I loved that title and it refers to a more relaxed approach to gardening. Tell us about it.

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What are some of your favorite resources to help you continue to learn about gardening?

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What are your big takeaways from The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener book?

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If you were to advise gardeners who want to take a more hands-off approach to gardening this year, what advice would you give them?

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Gardening is work and sometimes we need a little help, but it seems to be frown upon. What are your thoughts on that?

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How do you manage to get a clean edge?

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How do you handle your Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium Purpureum) when it starts to get floppy?

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In chapter 4 of your book, The Lawn Chair Gardener, you offer a garden relationship quiz that helps people snag the garden of their dreams. Can you walk us through some of the quiz questions?

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Do you think people spend too much needless energy in the garden during fall and spring?

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You are attracted to quick and easy ideas for food recipes. What are some of your favorite recipes?

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You're creating some great content for kids. Can you tell me a bit more about your Pre-K book entitled Thank You Bugs?

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Your other book, Mason Meets a Mason Bee, is fantastic. I heard Heather Holm contributed to this book?

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Can you also give us the cliff notes version of this story and the kind of dangers our bees are in?

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Mason Meets a Mason Bee has also led to a teacher guide book. Are there enough resources in the classroom covering this topic?

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Another unique way you get your message out is through your Pollinator Puppet show. This is a great way to reach elementary students. How are people responding to it?

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You have another boy named Max, but he doesn't have a book about him just yet. Can we expect another children's book? Maybe something along the lines of, 'Max Grows Native Plants'?

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What is the Pledge to Plant campaign about?

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