Michael Weishan

Michael Weishan is most widely known as host of The Victory Garden on PBS and The Cultivated Gardener on NPR, and has appeared numerous times on local and national television, including The Today Show on NBC and CBS’ Early Show. Gardening fans have come to love Michael both for his comfortable, fun-loving style and his practical, dirt-under-the-nails gardening expertise.

Author of three books, The New Traditional Garden; From a Victorian Garden; and The Victory Garden Companion; Michael is also the current gardening columnist for New Old House magazine, and continues to write articles for a wide variety of other national publications.  Summer of 2009 marked his entrance to the blog arena when he launched his popular online forum "Old House, Old Garden," which narrates the "tales, tips and techniques of Traditional Gardening," the magazine he founded in 1996.

Michael travels the country giving seminars on “Greening the Victory Garden,” and has recently been named to the prestigious Garden Club of America's National Speakers List. 

Michael lives outside of Boston surrounded by 3 acres of gardens & extended family, 24 heritage ducks & geese, a retired racehorse, and the best ever rescue dog, named Dexter.

Register to win a Black & Decker 19" 36V Rechargable Mulching Mower with Lift-out Battery at any of Michaels sessions at the 2010 Colorado Garden & Home Show.