Barbara Damrosch

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Barbara Damrosch (born in 1942) is a professional in the field of horticulture, a writer, and co-owner of the Four Season Farm. From 1979 to 1992, she was the owner of a company by the name of Barbara Damrosch Landscape Design. This company she operated in Washington, Connecticut. Her book The Garden Primer is a classic manual for organic gardening. She and her husband, Eliot Coleman, operate an experimental market garden in the state of Maine. This garden, produces food all year round and is a model of small-scale sustainable agriculture.

Her publications include The Garden Primer, Theme Gardens, and a yearly garden calendar started in 1992. All of her publications are excellent sources of gardening information that are hard to find elsewhere. For several years, she and her husband co-hosted the TV series Gardening Naturally.