Feb 18, 2009

Male Garden Bloggers

Over on my personal garden blog I used to keep a collection of links to other garden blogs hosted by men. It has been a long time since I've collected links and many new blogs have come onto my radar since then. This is by no means a comprehensive list of male garden bloggers. Some I read often, some I read when I stumble across them and some were suggested by other gardeners. I'll try to update this list as I remember old ones or as I'm introduced to new ones. In no particular order here are a few garden blogs hosted by men.

Dirt on the Keys-G
Back 40 Feet-G
Soiled Hands-C&A
NYC Garden-C&A
Art of Gardening-G
All Andrew's Plants-PN

Garden Amateur-G
Duke City Digger-G
James Missier-H
Plant Zone-H
Pectrocosmea-H
I'm a Garden-F&V
Plant Quest-PN
The Expat Garden(er)-PN
Garden Austin-G
Lazy Shade Gardener-PN


If you don't get an idea on what the blog is about by the name this is what the letters mean:
H=houseplants G=general (different in every zone) gardening F&V=fruits and veggies E=essays PN=plant nerds C&A=community gardens & activism N=nature

* It is not my garden blog just the name of that particular blog.
** Is also listed under Portuguese Garden Bloggers.


Note: When I started this list male garden bloggers weren't as common and I wanted to highlight other males doing this. As such, I'm sticking with my decision that only blogs written exclusively by men will be included. I'll make a separate list for co-hosted or team blogs for the guys who I don't include here because they are part of a team blog or co-host with a significant other. 6-13-11

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18 comments:

  1. I like to think I also qualify as a Plant Nerd, especially with regard to plants native to Northeastern North America.
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  2. Xris, I'll change yours if you'd like me to. I know my labeling system is teh sucks but it is the best I could do. I figured some kind of labeling based on "type" of garden blog would help people pick and choose a garden blog or two to check out if they weren't inclined to look at every blog on the list.
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  3. Hydroponics is pretty much the most you can be a plant nerd. Thanks for the link.
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  4. You can add - The Plant Hunter - PN

    http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/

    Tim Wood
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  5. Good idea. I guess we gals outnumber you... Cheers, Yvonne
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  6. Please feel free to add me to you list!

    http://artofgardeningbuffalo.blogspot.com/
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  7. So glad you did this.

    In Australia, Stuart Robinson gardens at Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas, http://www.gardeningtipsandideas.com
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  8. This is fun, MBT. I actually read quite a few male garden bloggers and writers, probably because all my best friends are men (including my husband, of course), ranging from a nursery operator I went to Nfld with planthunting to my 93 year old gardening mentor.

    I was going to add Jim@ artofgardening but I see he did. I also adore James Alexander-Sinclair (http://web.me.com/blackpittsgarden/Site_2/Blog/Blog.html) who is a funny, funny man as well as knowledgeable.
    Graham Rice is the Transatlantic Plantsman (http://transatlanticplantsman.typepad.com/transatlantic_plantsman/)
    Doug Green is a master garden-blogger and a generous soul with other gardening writers (and that includes bloggers) http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/
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  9. Great list. I found a bunch of new blogs to subscribe to!
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  10. If you revise this post I would love to be included!

    Sub section for Garden Nerd (GN)?

    Ryan (http://ryans-garden.blogspot.com)
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  11. Can you please add Grown in the City? I'd love to be included. Thanks!
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  12. Do you plan to do a list of gardening blogs hosted by women ? If so be sure to include Stephanie Donaldson's :

    The Enduring Gardener Blog
    http://blog.theenduringgardener.com
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  13. Tons of great bloggers out there, male and female. :)

    I didn't realize how many garden dudes I followed until I checked my list. There are surely more, but for years, I've enjoyed the divergent topics and tones of these male garden bloggers from around the world:

    ATW from Urban Self-Sufficientist, in Georgia
    http://urbanself-sufficientist.blogspot.com/

    Andrew of All Andrew's Plants, in Toronto
    http://allandrewsplants.wordpress.com/

    Jamie of Garden Amateur, in Sydney, Australia
    http://gardenamateur.blogspot.com/

    James of Garden Chronicles, in Malaysia
    http://jamesmissier.blogspot.com/

    Aaerelon of Plant-Zone, now back in London, Ontario
    http://plant-zone.blogspot.com/

    Tim of A Passion for Petrocosmea, in Pittsburgh
    http://petrocosmea.blogspot.com/

    And, y'know, of course me, now The Expat Garden(er), http://www.expatgarden-er.com. It's hard starting a new blog, but it'll sure be a fun adventure!
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  14. I'm a canadian male garden blogger as well, though my garden's blog is from the garden's perspective :)

    [http://watchmygardengrow.tumblr.com]
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  15. Thanks for the new suggestions. I've added a few more to the list. If I didn't add you please take a look at the note attached to the end of the post.
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  16. I don't think you have these three male garden bloggers from my list.

    Christopher blogged from Hawaii 5+ years ago - now he's in North Carolina at Outside Clyde: http://outsideclyde.blogspot.com/

    A great Austin blog is RBell at The Lazy Shady Gardener:
    http://thelazyshadygardener.blogspot.com/

    Marc is a young guy, mostly about vegetables and native plants:
    http://gardenaustin.com/

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose
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  18. We're a male-run gardening / green blog in South Africa :-) www.sprig.co.za
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