Rosalind Creasy

Rosalind Creasy grew up in Needham, Massachusetts. In 1967, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she began studying landscape design at Foothill College.{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Judith |date=February 25, 1989 |title=A Walk in the Garden With Pioneer of Edible Landscape |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-25-vw-200-story.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} She earned her degree in horticulture, and initially worked in landscape design using plants she describes as 'non-edible'. She moved to Los Altos, California, in 1973 to do landscape design.{{Cite news |last=Faust |first=Joan Lee |date=April 11, 1982 |title=Around the Garden |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/arts/around-the-garden.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}} She first came to think about edible landscaping when she and her husband visited an Israeli kibbutz in the late 1970s where she saw the energy that went into building crop land in Israel. She felt that if Americans were growing edible plants it would be a better use of land.{{Cite web |last=George |first=Aleta |date=November 3, 2010 |title=Rosalind Creasy's garden won't let you grow hungry |url=https://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/Rosalind-Creasy-s-garden-won-t-let-you-grow-hungry-3167585.php |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}} Back in Los Altos, she removed her front lawn and replaced it with a vegetable garden in the early 1980s;{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Emily |date=July 27, 2002 |title=Eat what you sow |pages=26 |work=Journal and Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113587091/eat-what-you-sow/ |access-date=November 24, 2022}}{{Cite web |last=James |first=Mary |date=March 17, 2012 |title=Edible landscape pioneer advocates herb-scaping |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/sdut-herb-scaping-2012mar17-htmlstory.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}} the plants in her garden include wheat that local children help her thresh and she uses to bake bread.{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Nancy Harmon |date=May 30, 1990 |title=Cooks On The Map; This Month: Rosalind Creasy, Los Altos, Calif.; Where a Front Yard Is Part of the Pantry |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/30/garden/cooks-map-this-month-rosalind-creasy-los-altos-calif-where-front-yard-part.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}

In 1982, Rosalind published her book The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping.

After she published her first book, she traveled to different parts of the United States to introduce people to edible landscaping.{{Cite news |date=April 10, 1991 |title=Flower cookery |pages=9 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113587024/flower-cookery/ |access-date=November 24, 2022}}

The second edition of her book, Edible Landscaping, was published in 2010 and was a complete re-write given the changes{{which|date=December 2022}} since the first publication of the book in 1982.{{Cite news |last=Arrington |first=Debbie |date=November 6, 2010 |title=A garden of bounty |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113586670/a-garden-of-bounty/],[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113586702/] |work=The Sacramento Bee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113586670/a-garden-of-bounty/ |access-date=November 24, 2022}}

Her books Edible Landscaping and Cooking from the Garden have both won the Quill & Trowel award from the Garden Writers Association.{{Cite news |last=Szerlag |first=Nancy |date=September 4, 1999 |title=Gardening: Fall resembles a season of reflection, a time to ponder changes |pages=D6 |work=Detroit News; Detroit, Mich. [Detroit, Mich]. |id={{ProQuest| }}}} In 1999, Rosalind was named a fellow of Garden Communications International, and in 2009, she was elected to their Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=GardenComm {{!}} Honors & Awards {{!}} Hall of Fame |url=https://gardencomm.org/Hall-of-Fame |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=gardencomm.org}}

• Creasy, Rosalind (2024). Adventures with Mr. X An X-traordinary Rooster!. Chelsea Green Publishing, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-9615848-5-6}}
• {{Cite book |last=Creasy |first=Rosalind |url= |title=Edible Landscaping |year=2010 |publisher=Catapult |isbn=978-1-57805-154-0 |language=en}}Review of Edible Landscaping
• {{Cite news|last=Sterman |first=Nan |date=November 9, 2010 |title=Rosalind Creasy's new 'Edible Landscaping' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/la-at-home/story/2010-11-09/rosalind-creasys-new-edible-landscaping |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
• {{Cite book |last=Creasy |first=Rosalind |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39713714 |title=The Edible Flower Garden |date=1999 |publisher=Periplus Editions |isbn=962-593-293-3 |edition=1st |location=Boston |oclc=39713714}}Review of The Edible Flower Garden
• {{Cite web |title=Review of The Edible Garden Series |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-edible-garden-series-the-edible-flower-garden/ |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=www.forewordreviews.com |language=en}}
• {{Cite book |last=Creasy |first=Rosalind |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39748087 |title=The Edible Heirloom Garden |date=1999 |publisher=Periplus Editions |isbn=962-593-294-1 |edition=1st |location=Boston, Mass. |oclc=39748087}} Review of The Edible Heirloom Garden
• {{Cite book |last=Ogden |first=Ellen |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1232480707 |title=The new heirloom garden : designs, recipes, and heirloom plants for cooks who love to garden |date=2021 |others=Matthew Benson |isbn=978-1-63565-083-9 |edition=First |location=New York, NY |oclc=1232480707}}
• {{Cite book |last=Creasy |first=Rosalind |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232659756 |title=Cooking from the garden. |date=1992 |publisher=Perseus Distribution |isbn=0-87156-588-9 |location=[Place of publication not identified] |oclc=232659756}}Review of Cooking from the Garden
• {{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Nancy Harmon |date=March 29, 1989 |title=Books for Cooks and Stove-Top Travelers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/29/garden/books-for-cooks-and-stove-top-travelers.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}
• {{Cite book |last=Creasy |first=Rosalind |date=1982 |title=The complete book of edible landscaping |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/7796026 |access-date=November 24, 2022 |via=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}Review of The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping
• {{Cite news |last=Faust |first=Joan Lee |date=April 11, 1982 |title=Around the Garden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/arts/around-the-garden.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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• [https://www.rosalindcreasy.com/home-1 Official website]

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