Larry Sombke is a landscape consultant, lecturer and Northeast Public Radio's "Natural Gardener" heard in seven Northeastern states. He is the editor of his own Web site www.beautifuleasygardens.com. Larry’s program on WAMC’s Vox Pop with Susan Arbetter won the Silver Trowel award for best radio program from the Garden Writers of America in 2001. He has also been the garden columnist for The New York Daily News and the Times Union of Albany, NY.

He is the author of the best-selling "Beautiful Easy Flower Gardens," and the producer/host of the how-to video BEAUTIFUL EASY LAWNS. His book "Beautiful Easy Herbs" was an alternate selection of the Garden Book Club.

His book "Beautiful Easy Gardens" was called "one of the best" by The Washington Post and "one of the best organized gardening books published in a long time" by The Indianapolis Star. It was featured in The Garden Book Club, Better Homes & Garden Book Club and Rodale Book Club.

He has appeared on The Discovery Channel's "Home Matters," NBC'S TODAY SHOW, CNN, CNBC and dozens of radio and TV programs in the United States and Canada. He is a frequent speaker at flower shows and botanical gardens in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Albany, Hartford and elsewhere.

He has written articles for The New York Times, Family Circle, Home Gardens, Country Living, Woman's Day, Country Gardens, Home, USA TODAY, and dozens of other newspapers and magazines. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has worked as a news writer for ABC News in New York.

Larry is available for lectures, appearances and garden consultations at lsombke@nycap.rr.com>

He lives and gardens with his family in Delmar, New York.