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Scott D. Appell is a regular contributor to Brooklyn Botanic Garden publications. He has edited the handbooks Annuals for Every Garden (2003), The Potted Garden (2001), and Landscaping Indoors (2000) and is a frequent contributor to BBG's award-winning Plants & Gardens News. He is also the author of four books: Pansies, Lilies, Tulips, and Orchids. He lives, writes, gardens, and teaches horticulture on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Alessandro Chiari has been the plant propagator at Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 1998. He studied tropical agriculture at the University of Florence, Italy, and plant science at the University of Connecticut, and he has worked as a horticulturist in Zambia, Paraguay, Chile, and Peru.
Beth Hanson is a former managing editor of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's handbook series and is editor of nine BBG handbooks, including Designing an Herb Garden (2004), Natural Disease Control (2000), Chile Peppers (1999), and Easy Compost (1997). She also contributed to Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gardener's Desk Reference (Henry Holt, 1998). She lives outside New York City and writes about gardening, health, and the environment for various publications.
James J. Lang is an associate professor of sociology and former director of the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies at Vanderbilt University. He has done fieldwork on basic food crops in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. His recent books include Notes of a Potato Watcher, the story of cultivated potatoes and how they spread as a staple throughout the world, and Feeding a Hungry Planet, about rice production and the green revolution.
Leda Meredith teaches gardening and botany classes at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and at the New York Botanical Garden. She holds a certificate in ethnobotany from the New York Botanical Garden and is also an adjunct professor at Adelphi University. She is a professional gardener with both commercial and residential clients and leads wild edible plant walks in the New York City area. Her writing has appeared in The Herb Companion, Pointe Magazine, The Vu, and other publications.