Ernie Wasson
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Wasson with Salvia confertiflora, 2005
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| Born | Ernie George Wasson January 10, 1950 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Humboldt State University |
| Occupation | gardener, horticulturist, author |
Ernie George Wasson (born January 10, 1950 in Berkeley, California) is an American gardener, horticulturist and author.
Wasson studied from 1968 to 1974 at Humboldt State University, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Science in Geography in 1974. From 1978 to 1981, Wasson was a partner in the Northwoods Nursery in Arcata, California, and from 1979 to 1981, he was a horticultural instructor at College of Redwoods. He graduated from the Longwood Graduate Program in Ornamental Horticulture and Public Garden Management in the University of Delaware as a Master of Science.
From 1985 to 1990 he was the Superintendent of the Green Animals Topiary Gardens in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Wasson worked as a California Certified Nursery Professional for the Berkeley Horticultural Nursery from 1991 to 1998. He was the American Co- Chief Editor for the North American edition of the 1997 botany publication Botanica. Wasson also wrote an internet column entitled “All Plants Considered” from 1997 to 2000. Since 1998, he has been the curator and nursery manager of a teaching garden at Cabrillo College in Aptos.[1][2]
His professional interests include apple trees, bold foliage plants, culinary ethnobotany, horticultural reference books, native plants, permaculture, pruning, salvias, South African Restios, vegetables, and the effect of fog on plants.[3]
Bibliography
- Trees & shrubs: illustrated A-Z of over 8500 plants. Global Book Pub., Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia 2001, ISBN 978-1-74048-007-9 (928 pages, colour, includes CD-ROM)
- Republication with different title: The complete encyclopedia of trees and shrubs. Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, California 2003, ISBN 978-1-59223-055-6 (816 pages, colour)
- Home horticulture requests ASIN B000737QSY
- Richard G. Turner Jr., Ernie Wasson (Chief Editors): Botanica, The Illustrated A-Z of over 10,000 Garden Plants and How to Cultivate Them, Random House Australia, 1997[4][5]
- Botanica: Das ABC der Pflanzen. 10.000 Arten in Text und Bild, Köln 2003, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN=3-8331-1600-5 (German edition)
- Botanica : Encyclopédie de botanique et d'horticulture Plus de 10.000 plantes du monde entier, Editions Mengès (nouveau tirage 2006), ISBN 2856204643[6] (French edition)
References
- ↑ Course information
- ↑ Course profile on LinkedIn
- ↑ Interview Ernie Wasson, in: Wikimedium 2010/01.
- ↑ http://www.terracehorticulturalbooks.com/products/Botanica-IllustratedA-ZOFover10000GardenPlantsAndHowToCultivateThemWithCDromDisc-23885.cfm
- ↑ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1224071
- ↑ http://www.festivaldesplantes.be/fr/utilitaires/biblio/encyclopedies-et-ouvrages-de-botanique-et-d-horticulture.htm
External links
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): no 2004058647
