Michelle Slatalla
Back to Team Index"I never saw a garden from which I did not learn something and seldom met a gardener who did not, in one way or another, help me.”
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10 Things to Know About Michelle
- Lives:
Mill Valley, California - Has Gardened:
Northern California, Chicago (lilac country), and Brooklyn (fire escape). - First Plant:
African violet on my grandmother’s radiator. - Reluctant Garden Assistants:
Husband (Josh) and three daughters (Zoe, Ella, and Clementine). - Favorite Gardening Book:
Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine S. White. - Last Plant I Bought:
Variegated daphne. - Why I Got Such a Picky Plant:
For the scent. Also, I like round, compact shrubs with shiny leaves. - Favorite Cocktail to Drink Outdoors:
Negroni (1 jigger gin to 1/2 jigger sweet vermouth and 1/2 jigger Campari; serve in martini glass with lemon twist). - What My Husband Would Most Like to See In The Garden:
A Royal Palm tree. - What My Husband Will Be Seeing in the Garden:
Lemon Tree (for Negronis).
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