eff Minnich received his horticulture degree, with an emphasis on landscape design and nursery management, from Virginia Tech. His garden design/build firm, Jeff Minnich Garden Design, Inc. takes the client from initial design concept through the completed garden design. The firm sub-contracts the landscape installation through reputable, talented craftsmen.
Now into television work, Jeff just completed an episode for the popular show “Curb Appeal” for the Home and Garden Channel, HGTV.
Jeff is also a professional writer. His regular children’s gardening columns appeared in Flower and Garden magazine for two years. Many of his horticulture articles have been published in the local press, including a weekly column in the Journal newspapers and other publications, including American Horticulturist and The American Gardener. Requests for re-prints of his articles and various gardening columns have come from as far away as England and Japan. He wrote several chapters for the Northeastern Landscaping Book published by Sunset Publishers. Several of his gardens are featured in a book on water gardening, The Complete Guide to Water Gardens, by Kathleen Fisher. Garden tours frequently feature his gardens. Jeff is currently working on a book about local gardens.
Jeff speaks about many horticultural topics to a variety of groups. He formerly hosted the weekly, hour-long program, “Sunday Morning in the Garden”, on WJFK, 106.7 FM in Washington, DC, which is heard in a large part of the Mid-Atlantic region. He hosted a live garden chatroom weekly on Digital City Washington, once a local arm of America Online. Publications such as the Washington Post and USA Today have sought his gardening comments and advice. He has judged many regional flower and garden shows and contests, including the Maymont Flower and Garden Show in Richmond, Virginia.
