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name: Leslie F. Halleck
about: Leslie F. Halleck is a certified professional horticulturist (ASHS), and avid lifetime gardener, who has spent her 25+ year career hybridizing horticulture science with home gardening consumer needs. Halleck earned a B.S. in Biology/Botany from The University of North Texas and an M.S. in Horticulture from Michigan State University. Halleck's professional experience is well-rounded, with time spent in field research, public gardens, landscaping, garden center retail, and horticulture consulting and communications. Halleck currently runs Halleck Horticultural, LLC, through which she provides horticultural consulting, business, and marketing strategy, product development and branding, and content creation for green industry companies.Halleck Leslie F. Halleck is a certified professional horticulturist (ASHS), and avid lifetime gardener, who has spent her 25+ year career hybridizing horticulture science with home gardening consumer needs. Halleck earned a B.S. in Biology/Botany from The University of North Texas and an M.S. in Horticulture from Michigan State University. Halleck's professional experience is well-rounded, with time spent in field research, public gardens, landscaping, garden center retail, and horticulture consulting and communications. Halleck currently runs Halleck Horticultural, LLC, through which she provides horticultural consulting, business, and marketing strategy, product development and branding, and content creation for green industry companies.Halleck is an author, award-winning writer for industry and consumer publications, and columnist for GIE Media. Her previous positions include General Manager for independent garden center North Haven Gardens in Dallas, TX and Director of Horticulture Research at The Dallas Arboretum. Her new book "Gardening Under Lights: The Complete Guide for Indoor Growers" can be pre-ordered now on Amazon, IndieBound, Books-a-Million, and Barnes &amp; Noble, with release/shipping June 2018. She's currently working on a new book "Plant Parenting: Easy Ways to Make More Houseplants, Vegetables, and Flowers" for spring of 2019. ...more