About

February 12th, 2009

Kathy Van Mullekom is a lifelong gardener who learned how to grow vegetables and fruits when she spent childhood summers with her loving, patient grandmother in Lynchburg, Va.

Those memorable summers were the first times she encountered nandinas, a wonderful evergreen shrub that lined her grandmother’s large U-shaped driveway. Today, offspring from those original nandinas thrive in Kathy’s one-acre garden in Yorktown, Va.

By day Kathy is the gardening columnist for the Daily Press in Newport News, Va. (www.dailypress.com); her “Diggin’ in” column (www.hrgardening.com) appears Thursdays in the Features section of the newspaper. She’s a former horticulture student at Christopher Newport University, also in Newport News, and has taken master gardener training through Virginia Cooperative Extension.

On Twitter, she can be found at www.twitter.com/diggindirt

In her spare time, Kathy is The Garden Coach, a consultant who can help you get the look you want in your garden.

Whether writing about gardening or doing one-on-one coaching, Kathy wants to help you enjoy all the good health and beauty that gardening brings to life … day in, day out.

  • Listening to the songbirds chirping in the trees, visiting feeders and making nests.
  • Gazing at the butterflies flitting among the lantana, Knock Out roses and butterfly bushes.
  •  Watching bees buzzin’ around coneflowers and daisies.

When you create a garden made for your personal enjoyment, you relax and find peace. There is no right or wrong way to garden … only your way.

Kathy will help you find that nourishing niche in your very own backyard.

Comments (2)

2 Responses to “About”

  1. Beth Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Hi Kathy,
    I used to enjoy your column in the weekend DP. I share your gardening philosophy. The world today feels rushed and artificial so bringing up a seed, nurturing a plant, watching the birds and butterflies helps me stay grounded with reality. Not to mention is just plain feels good to work in the yard. Regards, Beth

  2. admin Says:
    March 1st, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Beth, how nice to hear that you read my column, where are you now? Gardening somewhere even grander I hope. Kathy

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