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Rushing is a 10th-generation American gardener whose pioneer ancestors settled across the Southeast, bringing many plants with them. The author or co-author of 15 gardening books (including several national award winners) and former Extension Service urban horticulture specialist has written thousands of gardening columns in syndicated newspapers, and has had hundreds of articles and photographs published in regional and national garden magazines, including Garden Design, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Better Homes and Gardens, Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, and the National Geographic. Rushing currently co-hosts a call-in garden program, The Gestalt Gardener, on National Public Radio with his longtime friend Dr. Dirt.