Speaking/Writing
Ellen Sousa is a Central Massachusetts-based freelance writer, teacher and speaker specializing in habitat landscaping, earth-friendly gardening and gardening with native plants. I contribute regularly to national and local magazines, as well as online at the National Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Garden, and Turkey Hill Brook Farm's New England Habitat Gardening blog.
I lead tours and present "wild-scaping" classes for organizations such as garden clubs, the New England Wild Flower Society, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, BayPath Adult Evening School , and at conferences of Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), the Ecological Landscaping Association and New England State Extension Services.
Classes/Presentations Available in 2010:
Habitat Gardening
Creating a Bird and Butterfly-friendly Garden
Pollinator-friendly Landscaping
Landscaping with Northeast Native Plants
Earth-friendly Landscaping
If you're a school, nature organization or garden club looking for a garden speaker, please contact me about booking a presentation suitable for your audience.
Writing Services:
Whether you are looking for a convincing grant proposal for your nature organization, a "how-to" gardening information sheet, or need to transform complex ecological or technical information into something that everybody can understand, I can help you reach your audience.
20 years' experience in writing:
I lead tours and present "wild-scaping" classes for organizations such as garden clubs, the New England Wild Flower Society, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, BayPath Adult Evening School , and at conferences of Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), the Ecological Landscaping Association and New England State Extension Services.
Classes/Presentations Available in 2010:
Habitat Gardening
Creating a Bird and Butterfly-friendly Garden
Pollinator-friendly Landscaping
Landscaping with Northeast Native Plants
Earth-friendly Landscaping
If you're a school, nature organization or garden club looking for a garden speaker, please contact me about booking a presentation suitable for your audience.
Writing Services:
Whether you are looking for a convincing grant proposal for your nature organization, a "how-to" gardening information sheet, or need to transform complex ecological or technical information into something that everybody can understand, I can help you reach your audience.
20 years' experience in writing:
- Books and manuals
- Product and technical data information sheets
- Sales bids/proposals
- Training courses
- Functional Specifications
- Newsletters
- Magazine articles
- Grant proposals
- Brochures
- Web content
- Online help
Print Media:
Regular contributor to Massachusetts Wildlife
Birds & Blooms Extra Jan 2008 (article selected for publication in The Best of Birds & Blooms 2009 published by Birds & Blooms Books).
BackHome Jan/Feb 2009
Mother Earth News Jun/July 2009
Natural Home Mar/Apr 2010
Follow me online at:
Wildlife Garden - Redefining Beautiful
Facebook
@THBFarm on Twitter
National Wildlife Federation
New England Habitat Gardening blog
Education and Memberships :
New England Wild Flower Society:
Certificate in Native Plant Horticulture & Design (2008)
Windstar Wildlife Institute:
Certified Wildlife Habitat Naturalist (2004)
& National Master Naturalist (2008)
BA, Clark University 1989
Member of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club, Massachusetts Audubon, Ecological Landscaping Association, Common Ground Land Trust Inc. and
Spencer Disaster Animal Response Team (Spencer DART)
Regular contributor to Massachusetts Wildlife
Birds & Blooms Extra Jan 2008 (article selected for publication in The Best of Birds & Blooms 2009 published by Birds & Blooms Books).
BackHome Jan/Feb 2009
Mother Earth News Jun/July 2009
Natural Home Mar/Apr 2010
Follow me online at:
Wildlife Garden - Redefining Beautiful
@THBFarm on Twitter
National Wildlife Federation
New England Habitat Gardening blog
Education and Memberships :
New England Wild Flower Society:
Certificate in Native Plant Horticulture & Design (2008)
Windstar Wildlife Institute:
Certified Wildlife Habitat Naturalist (2004)
& National Master Naturalist (2008)
BA, Clark University 1989
Member of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club, Massachusetts Audubon, Ecological Landscaping Association, Common Ground Land Trust Inc. and
Spencer Disaster Animal Response Team (Spencer DART)