Barbara Damrosch (born in 1942) is a professional in the field of

horticulture Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...

, a writer, and co-owner of the Four Season Farm. She was educated at the

Brearley School The Brearley School is an American all-girls private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It educates approximately 770 girls in grades K–12, with approximately 50 to 65 students per grade. In addition to being a member ...

, Wheaton College in Massachusetts, and

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, where she did work toward a

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in English Literature. From 1979 to 1992, she was the owner of a company by the name of Barbara Damrosch Landscape Design. She operated this company in

Washington, Connecticut Washington is a rural town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the North Eastern region of the United States. The population was 3,646 at the 2020 census. Washington is known for its picturesque countryside, historic architecture, and active ...

. Her book ''The Garden Primer'' is a classic manual of horticulture. She and her husband,

Eliot Coleman Eliot Coleman (born 1938) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and proponent of organic farming. He wrote ''The New Organic Grower''. He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation o ...

, operate an experimental

market garden A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. The diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically from under to s ...

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. This garden produces food year-round and is a model of small-scale

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. Her publications include ''The Garden Primer'', ''The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook'', and ''A Life in the Garden: Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every Season''. For several years, she and Coleman co-hosted the TV series '' Gardening Naturally''.

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Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch

Four Season Farm
American horticulturists 1942 births Living people Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub