Diana (Dee) Maranhao has been an active member of the horticulture and landscape industry for over 35 years. She has been a featured garden columnist for over ten years, authoring hundreds of gardening and horticulture articles for the public and the horticulture industry. She is the author of Rocky Mountain Fruit and Vegetable Gardening (Cool Springs Press). Diana and her husband Steve live and garden in southern Utah. Her gardens are her muse, serving as a constant education and a source of inspiration for her writing.