Here's what garden author Ashlie Thomas has to say about my new book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit

“A relevant and relatable must-have for gardeners of all experience levels. Nicole serves as a knowledgeable yet engaging coach as she walks you through the ins and outs of how to create a personalized gardening system that works for YOU!”

-Ashlie Thomas, The Mocha Gardener

Ashlie Thomas, Author of How to Become a Gardener

I've been following Ashlie, The Mocha Gardener, for a while now. She's a health coach, a food security advocate, and now a garden author. Like me, her mission is to help make gardening ordinary again. Through her YouTube channel and social media, she's serving as our experienced and encouraging guide toward finding self-empowerment in gardening and cultivating our own homegrown harvests.

Ashlie has been featured in MindBodyGreen, NBC News, Apartment Therapy, and Country Woman Magazine. 

Her focus on food security is so impactful. As she writes in one caption, "Food is life… good food is freedom!" 

That really stuck with me. Teaching every single person how to grow a little bit of their own food is literally life- and society-changing. And it's so important that we have guides like Ashlie to help lead the way.

How to Become a Gardener: Find empowerment in creating your own food security

In this book, Ashlie walks you step by step through not only the practical ins and outs of gardening—from seed starting to harvesting—but also through the personal challenges and lessons she's found within the act of gardening itself.

Shop How to Become a Gardener here.

A huge thanks to Ashlie for reviewing my book and for working to bring food security to all.

I'm hoping we get to hang out in the garden soon!