Lorraine Johnson (1) (1960–)

Author of DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: Chicago

For other authors named Lorraine Johnson, see the disambiguation page.

16 Works 574 Members 3 Reviews

About the Author

Lorraine Johnson is the author of eight previous books, including 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants. A frequent speaker at conferences and garden shows across the United States and Canada, she lives in Toronto, where she shares her backyard with three chickens.

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Works by Lorraine Johnson

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: Chicago (2001) 216 copies, 1 review

DK Eyewitness Travel : Top 10 : Toronto (2005) 81 copies

100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants For Canadian Gardens (1999) 52 copies, 1 review

City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing (2010) 43 copies, 1 review

100 Easy-To-Grow Native Plants: For American Gardens in Temperate Zones (1999) 35 copies

Grow Wild! : Native Plant Gardening in Canada (1998) 31 copies

Grow Wild!: Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success, Distinctive Gardening with Native Plants (1997) 28 copies

Ontario Naturalized Garden: The Complete Guide to Using Native Plants (2000) 22 copies

Tending the Earth: A Gardener's Manifesto (2002) 17 copies

The New Ontario Naturalized Garden (2001) 15 copies

Green Future: How to Make a World a Difference (1990) 14 copies

The Natural Treasures of Carolinian Canada: Discovering the rich natural diversity of Ontario's Southwestern… (2007) 7 copies

The Gardener's Manifesto (2003) 6 copies

Suggestive poses : artists and critics respond to censorship (1997) 4 copies

Gardener's Directory (Mermaid Bks.) (1984) 2 copies

Carolinian Canada signature sites : a guide to 38 special natural areas in Ontario's deep south and heritage plaques… 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1960
Gender: female
Nationality: Canada
Places of residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education: University of Toronto
Occupations: naturalist
Organizations: Edible City
Canadian Gardening Magazine
Canadian Wildflower Society
North American Native Plant Society

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City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing by Lorraine Johnson

Great overview of urban farming ideas and survey of community gardening efforts. I really enjoyed it, but I'd be interested to see an updated version.

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jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |

100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for American Gardens… by Lorraine Johnson

100 easy-to-grow native plants, ethical gardener's guidelines, plants for specific conditions, native plant nurseries, indes of plants by botanical name.

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jhawn | Jul 31, 2017 |

Eyewitness Travel Guide to Chicago by DK Travel Writers

This travel guide of Chicago is probably more suited for the upper-class travelers. It is filled with architecture, art, and fancy restaurants. The more common tourists such as myself will find only very short entries for the more "touristy" attractions in it...

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JapaG | Mar 1, 2007 |

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