Sue Goetz is Certified Professional Horticulturist, an award-winning garden designer, writer, and speaker. Through her business Creative Gardener, she works with clients to personalize outdoor spaces—from garden coaching to full landscape design. Her garden design work has earned gold medals at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show and specialty awards including: the Sunset Magazine award, the Fine Gardening magazine award, and The American Horticultural Society Award. Writing and speaking are how Sue shares her love of gardening. Her motto,“...inspiring gardeners to create,” defines her talks and hands-on workshops with how to's and ways to simply inspire creativity in and out of the garden. She has been named Educator of the Year by the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association and shares her love of the garden and herb growing all over the country. Sue is a member of GardenComm: The International Society of Garden Communicators, and her work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Tacoma News Tribune, Seattle Met, APLD Designer magazine, Pacific Horticulture magazine, and Fine Gardening magazine.