For over 20 years, Charlie Nardozzi has worked to bring expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, and the printed page. He delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun and accessible to everyone. Charlie serves as senior horticulturist and spokesperson for the National Gardening Association (NGA). He also writes national gardening news for the Regional Reports Newsletter.
Charlie worked as an editor for National Gardening magazine for 12 years, writing stories on a variety of gardening topics, from roses to tomatoes. He has written for national magazines such as Organic Gardening and contributed to many of the Gardening for Dummies titles, authoring Vegetable Gardening For Dummies (1999 & updated in 2009). He also contributed to other book project such as 7 in 1 Gardening for Dummies and the Better Homes and Gardens’ Yard and Garden Owner’s Manual.
Charlie’s skills as a garden communicator extend beyond the printed page. In 2005, he was the host of PBS’s Garden Smart and has appeared as a gardening expert on many national syndicated television shows, such as HGTV’s Today at Home and Way to Grow, Discovery Channel’s Home Matters, and DIY’s Ask DIY. At his home in Vermont, he co-hosts In The Garden tips on the local CBS affiliate television station, a weekly call-in radio show on WJOY-AM and is a commentator at Vermont Public Radio.