Charlie makes food and ornamental gardening and edible landscaping fun. His easy manner, and informative style, engages

listeners, viewers, and readers alike.

Charlie is well known as:

• Public speaker
  
• TV show host
• Radio show host
• Book author and free lance web and print writer
• Garden coach

Contact Charlie for  work in any of the above areas. For more on Charlie, check out his bio page.

Follow Charlie: 

oin Charlie on a Garden Trip to Italy!

Watch and listen to Charlie talking about the Italy Tour.

** Tour is full. Waiting list only.
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Ask Charlie...

Q.  When should I plant my basil plants?

A.  Although the weather is warmer, it's really the soil temperature that us important. Wait until the soil is at least 50F to plant basil seeds or transplants. In the North that can mean waiting until Memorial Day. Rushing them out only means the plants will sit in the cool soil and not grow much. The exception is basil grown in containers. You can plant those out any time now.

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Where's Charlie??

Check here to find out where Charlie will be speaking in 2013. I'll be at the Ripton Town Hall in Ripton, VT on May 16th talking about Gardening Q/A. Come see me if you're in the area!

"I sat in on your New Jersey Flower Show presentation and was very impressed. Youve inspired me to redesign my front yard landscape (including planting my first fruit trees) and I just wanted to say thank you. I had never thought of making a beautiful, edible garden in my front yard." Linda - New Jersey





Summer Garden Tour

Join Leonard Perry and myself on a three day bus tour of the Gardens of Greater Boston from July 29-31.
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Watch Charlie

Learn all about the hat and fragrance garden at Shelburne Museum with me on WCAX-TV CBS, In The Garden.  

Watch all my weekly gardening tips on WCAX-TV CBS-Vermont

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Listen to Charlie 

Listen to my weekly Vermont Garden Journal show on public radio. This week hear about how to create a vertical garden around your home.

Hear my weekly In the Garden call-in radio show podcasted from WJOY-AM.

 Books are Available!

My latest book, Urban Gardening for Dummies, is out! If you're looking for small space gardening ideas in a city or town, this book is for you. Check out my speaking schedule featuring this book.

My other latest book: Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening is available here and at Lowe's! This is what the publisher had to say about the book.

"I just finished going through the first layout pages of your book. Normally, as publisher I just flip through a set of pages reading a couple of paragraphs here and there. However, you got me on page one and I stayed late and read every word. Well done!

I found your writing style to be very enjoyable. You make your reader very comfortable, and your knowledge of gardening comes through with the voice of experience, not research. I have always believed that gardeners just want to talk to gardeners, and you do a wonderful job of being conversational and informative."

- Ray Wolf, Publisher, Cool Springs Press, Brentwood, TN