Highlights
Past contributing editor to Country Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, Garden Design and Florists’ Review magazinesPast garden features writer for Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Los Angeles TimesPast president of GardenComm, the international association of garden communicatorsFrequently quoted expert on flower farming, sustainable floral design, lifestyle trends and outdoor living. She has been quoted in the New York Times, WSJ, Washington Post, and many major shelter publications
She is also the editorial director and co-founder with Robin Avni of BLOOM Imprint, a boutique publisher that identifies and develops creative book ideas by and about members of the Slow Flowers Movement. In 2016, the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a farm-to-florist cooperative, honored Debra with the first Growers Choice Award for her “outstanding contributions to revitalizing the local floral community.” She is a 2016 inductee to the Garden Writers Association Hall of Fame and a 2019 inductee to Professional Floral Communicators International. Debra has authored 12 books, including “Slow Flowers,” “The 50 Mile Bouquet,” and “Where we Bloom.”
