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Shirley Bovshow "Eden Maker"

"EdenMaker" and "Foodie Gardener" are my online monikers because I design landscapes and edible gardens. I have 4 kids, 3 dogs and only 1 husband! My passion is design, growing food, and crafting. Watch me on the "Home & Family" show on Hallmark channel as their Garden Lifestyle expert. Other blogs: FoodieGardener.com and GardenCenterTV.com

Capessa.com Interview With Designer Shirley Bovshow

Capessa.com Interview With Designer Shirley Bovshow

I've had lots of requests to re-post the video interview that Capessa ( a women's website community) did with me almost a year ago. I talk about how I was a stay at home mom, got into landscape design and ended…

8 Comments / 193 View / September 28, 2008

Garden Bloggers Show Up at the Garden Writers Association Convention!

Garden Bloggers Show Up at the Garden Writers Association Convention!

garden writers, authors and bloggers with Shirley Bovshow

  I attended the annual convention of the Garden Writers Association, (GWA), in Portland Oregon and was happy to find many fellow bloggers there. The five day event held by GWA is an opportunity for garden communicators in diverse venues-…

12 Comments / 333 View / September 25, 2008

Garden Center TV: An Indoor Plant Named “Tweed” That Looks Like “Weed!”

Garden Center TV: An Indoor Plant Named “Tweed” That Looks Like “Weed!”

Garden Center TV   Post #3 Independent Garden Center Show 2008, Chicago I saw a new indoor plant from Kraft Gardens with a tag that read, "Fool the Police with this Look-Alike!" I had to take a closer look at…

6 Comments / 3196 View / September 20, 2008

Garden Center TV: Hort Couture for the “Plantonista!”

Garden Center TV: Hort Couture for the “Plantonista!”

Hort-Couture-Display-Boutique-for-garden-centers-edenmakersblog

  Independent Garden Center Show, Chicago ''Hort Couture,'' is a plant brand  with an unconventional marketing plan. The name is a play on the word "haute couture," or "high fashion" as it is referred to in the fashion design world….

4 Comments / 1630 View / September 16, 2008

Vegetable Garden Failure Report!

Vegetable Garden Failure Report!

EdenMaker Confession This is ugly, so if you have a weak stomach, go on to another blog site like Soliloquy with beautiful words and photos because Nancy Bond would never gross you out.  I wish I could say that being…

14 Comments / 1160 View / September 14, 2008

Monrovia Growers: Would You Like Some Design Inspiration to Go With That Plant?

Monrovia Growers: Would You Like Some Design Inspiration to Go With That Plant?

GardenCenterTV.com  Video Post #1 Independent Garden Center Show, Chicago 2008: Shoppers at independent garden centers will have an added value service provided by Monrovia Growers, in-store boutiques that offer outdoor living and garden design ideas! Monrovia Growers, one of the…

10 Comments / 1241 View / September 10, 2008

Shirley Bovshow’s Garden Center TV Profiles Garden Lifestyle Products!

Shirley Bovshow’s Garden Center TV Profiles Garden Lifestyle Products!

I just can’t keep my opinion  or my enthusiasm to myself for garden lifestyle products that I find to be useful, clever, beautiful, or all of the above! I started GardenCenterTV.Com as an outlet for information for products sold at independent garden centers…

2 Comments / 167 View / September 9, 2008

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