Like the late Suzy Bales, another garden writer Chester County native garden writer David Culp inspires.

Suzy Bales inspired me to truly make my current garden one of four seasons and to plant gardens around our home on all four sides. (I still consider it a work in progress, but it’s getting there.) The books she wrote titled Down to Earth Gardener and The Garden in Winter have truly guided me in my current garden to that end. They are lovely books that you can find quite reasonably priced new and used on Amazon.com. Mrs. Bales sadly passed away a year ago this time, but you can still benefit from her knowledge through her books.

David Culp is the author of The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage. You can also find his book easily on Amazon.com. He is the one that made me see…