Betty Lambright has been digging in the dirt for both herself and clients for several decades. During that time, she also picked up an advanced degree in natural resources management to address the many changes our precious planet is experiencing. Her ecological landscaping expertise has been featured in the Boston Globe and other local publications. Betty has been a guest lecturer for Harvard Graduate School of Design, Massachusetts Audubon, the City of Austin, Texas Rainwater Revival, and Texas Master Naturalists. She has completed programs in Permaculture and Water Harvesting, as well as functioning as a Certified Arborist.
Having reached the point where digging is no longer as much fun as when younger, Betty is pivoting to share her knowledge and expertise with others through writing. Gardening is a joyful, yet often humbling experience, as anyone who has raced out to throw hail cloth over precious vines can attest. The desert Southwest will serve plenty of humble pie to any gardener, but lessons can be learned in the process. As mentioned earlier, those who came before us have managed to live through droughts and a changing climate. Unfortunately for us, the climate is changing faster than before and we just can’t move somewhere else like the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon were forced to do.
If you have any great gardening hacks for this region, feel free to share them through the Contact page or under Blog comments. Think of it as a form of “seed sharing”.
Honeybee on borage