Expertise
Homesteading, Vegetable Gardening, Native Plants
- Jennifer has written about plants, food, and homesteading for several years. She has been published in Insider, the New York Times, TIME Magazine, UPROXX, Sojourners, CBS News, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
- She was raised on a farm in the Tennessee countryside and fell in love with gardening, foraging, and the natural world.
- Currently, Jennifer lives on a suburban homestead in Virginia, where she is restoring a 1961 house. She grows and preserves her own food, raises chickens, and incorporates native landscaping into her yard.
Experience
Prior to becoming lead editor at Garden Guides, Jennifer was a news editor at House Digest and Hunker. She also had previous experience as an editor at Backyard Boss, CBS News, and Topix, where she often covered gardening, food, and housekeeping topics and made product recommendations. In addition to editorial positions, she has also worked in SEO, marketing, and social media. Jennifer completed a Master Gardeners program through a county volunteer program in 2025.
Education
She has a degree from Lee University in journalism and media writing and a minor in Bible.
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