Allen Lacy Editor

Elizabeth Lawrence (1904–1985) wrote a popular gardening column for the Charlotte Observer from 1957 until 1971. She is the author of A Southern Garden, Gardens in Winter, and Lob's Wood. Her books Beautiful at All Seasons, Gardening for Love, and The Little Bulbs, are published by Duke University Press.

Nancy Goodwin is the author of Montrose: Life in a Garden, also published by Duke University Press.

Allen Lacy, formerly a gardening columnist for the New York Times, is the author of numerous gardening books. Goodwin and Lacy are coauthors of A Year in Our Gardens: Letters by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy.