Tara Dillard
With degrees in both engineering and horticulture, TARA DILLARD is a national award-winning garden designer, speaker and author. Tara is host of "The Better Gardening Show" on Atlanta television station WGCL/CBS 46. She is a contributing author to Gardening 'Round Atlanta and has authored several gardening books. Her garden photography has appeared in magazines and her slides are a beautiful feature of her public presentations. Tara is a frequent lecturer at flower shows across the southeastern United States, as well as at garden clubs and state master gardeners conferences. She teaches at the Atlanta Botanical Garden and Gwinnett College.

Don Williamson
DON WILLIAMSON, who has turned a passion for gardening into his life's work, has a varied background in landscaping, golf course construction and management and now garden writing. He also has extensive experience in the design and construction of both annual and perennial beds in formal landscape settings. Don has a degree in applied horticultural technology and professional certificates in turf management.