About the author

Jana Milbocker

Jana is a garden designer, author, and speaker, based in MetroWest Boston, Massachusetts.

She has been an avid gardener and plant collector for more than 25 years. She loves to visit gardens and historic sites in the U.S. and abroad, and share her trips through photos and prose. She also lectures at flower shows, horticultural societies, garden clubs, and libraries in the Northeast.

Jana has an MBA from Boston College and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University. She spent 28 years working in graphic design and marketing before turning her gardening passion into a career in 2010. She now designs residential properties as owner of Enchanted Gardens.

Jana published her first book, The Garden Tourist: 120 Destination Gardens and Nurseries in the Northeast in 2018. Her second book, The Garden Tourist’s New England, is a companion to the first book and features notable private gardens and off-the-beaten-path destinations for passionate gardeners.

AFFILIATIONS

Holliston Garden Club (past president), Massachusetts Landscape Design Council, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, The Garden Conservancy, Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Trustees of Reservations, GardenComm, Great Garden Speakers