Karen Fausch, the designer & owner of The Metropolitan Gardener, has a B.A. in Art History from NYU, studied and taught at The Children's Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, and worked as a project manager for Madison Cox Design, a prominent landscape design firm, before starting her own business.  

 

Author of The Window Box Book:

 

Link to Book: 

http://www.amazon.com/Window-Box-Book-Karen-Fausch/dp/0964126230/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407875893&sr=1-4&keywords=the+window+box+book

 

Press:

The NYC Garden: A Conversation with Karen Fausch of The Metropolitan Gardener

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nyc-garden-conversation-karen-fausch-metropolitan-gardener-fitzig/

A Tiny Penthouse Studio Dressed in Comic Book Colors - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/garden/21studio.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

7-Minute Solution: Green Up Your Doorway - Parade Magazine

http://parade.condenast.com/104689/karenfausch/06-green-up-your-doorway/

 

Ken Druse's New York City Gardener: A How-To and Source Book for Gardening in the Big Apple: Ken Druse, Robert Clyde Anderson

http://www.amazon.com/Druses-York-City-Gardener-How-/dp/1885492278/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407871769&sr=1-14&keywords=Ken+Druse