Debra Knapke, The Garden Sage, has loved plants as long as she can remember, from helping in her father's vegetable garden as a child, to filling her college apartment with plants, and now gardening at her own home on almost an acre of land.  In 1992 Debra turned her avocation of plant study and gardening into her full-time career.

  Debra is passionate about gardening and the natural world and enjoys sharing knowledge through her books, magazine and newsletter articles, guest appearances on the radio programs, and teaching horticultural and design classes at Columbus State Community College. Known as The Garden Sage, Debra served as the Honorary President of the Herb Society of America and is active with the Native Herb Conservation Committee.