The seasonal plant life that grows well in Lawrence, as well as a handy monthly calendar. Fauna - Attracting, as well as deterring, animals, birds and insects. Waterscaping - Getting your water garden started, tips, plants, care and inhabitants.
Asters require good soil drainage and full sun.
Hamill holds a bachelor's degree in horticulture and is the former horticulture editor of Flower and Garden magazine. When Hamill moved to Lawrence in 1995, she co-founded Clearfield Farm, a retail nursery and garden center specializing in perennials and garden design. She and her family live on 100 acres just outside Lawrence where she grows hundreds of perennials in her home garden along with a growing collection of native prairie plants. Hamill is now a free-lance garden writer and photographer. Her stories have appeared in Fine Gardening magazine, Organic Gardening, Garden How-To magazine and The Kansas City Star.