Renee Shepherd
Renee Shepherd is widely regarded as a pioneering innovator in introducing international specialty vegetables and herbs for home gardeners and gourmet restaurants. After receiving her PhD from UC Santa Cruz and teaching in the Environmental Studies department there, she founded the mail order company Shepherd’s Garden Seed in 1985, which she ran until 1996. In 1998 she founded her current company, Renee’s Garden, offering her selected choices of seeds for exciting new and time-tested heirloom gourmet vegetables, culinary herbs and a wide range of fragrant and cutting flowers, sourced from seed growers both large and small around the world. She has published three kitchen garden cookbooks: Recipes from a Kitchen Garden and More Recipes From a Kitchen Garden and her newest book, the Renee’s Garden Cookbook, combines expert gardening advice with great recipes. www.reneesgarden.com
