Garden Writer, Lecturer & Author
About Denise Schreiber
Denise Schreiber is a garden writer, lecturer, columnist, and author known to many gardeners as "Mrs. Know It All" of The Organic Gardeners.
One of her best-known presentations is the Edible Flowers Food Fest, held each July in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where hundreds of attendees gather to learn more about using flowers from the garden in food.
Denise is also the author of Eat Your Roses, an edible-flowers cookbook published by St. Lynn's Press and filled with dishes inspired by ingredients that can be grown and harvested from the garden.
Her Approach to Gardening
Denise brings together gardening, education, and food through her interest in edible flowers and practical plant care. Her work helps gardeners look at ornamental plants not only for their beauty, but also for the ways certain flowers can be incorporated into cooking and everyday life.
Garden Writing & Speaking Experience
Denise is known publicly as a gardening lecturer and columnist and as "Mrs. Know It All" of The Organic Gardeners.
Her Edible Flowers Food Fest in Pittsburgh has drawn attendance in the hundreds and has been described as a consistently sold-out event.
She also contributes practical garden-care content covering shrubs, perennials, container gardening, plant safety, watering, planting, and pest or disease topics.
Book by Denise Schreiber
Eat Your Roses
Denise is the author of Eat Your Roses, an edible-flowers cookbook published by St. Lynn's Press featuring recipes built around ingredients that can be harvested from the garden.
Areas of Expertise
Denise's gardening work spans edible flowers, shrubs, perennials, plant care, container growing, and practical home gardening.
Featured Gardening Articles
Denise has contributed Plant Addicts guides covering shrubs, perennials, container gardening, plant safety, watering, planting, and pest or disease topics.
Plant Safety
Are Hydrangeas Poisonous?
Watering
Watering Hydrangeas
Perennial Care
Dividing Daylilies
Shrub Care
Azalea Care
Plant Selection
Types of Camellias
Planting