Books

Staying Alive: The Go-To Guide for Houseplants and The Houseplanter: Your Go-To Gardening Journal (TouchWood Editions, 2025) – co-authored with Janet Melrose

• houseplant how-to guide and journal, adult nonfiction
• Staying Alive is in second printing (as of 2025)

Decking the Halls: Trees, Flowers, Herbs and Greenery to Celebrate the Holiday Season – (TouchWood Editions, 2025) co-authored with Janet Melrose

• holiday plants and traditions, adult nonfiction

The Guides for the Prairie Gardener series (TouchWood Editions, 2020–24) – co-authored with Janet Melrose 

• gardening how-to guides, adult nonfiction
• The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Soil was an honourable mention in the 2022 American Horticultural Society Book Awards
• The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Vegetables is in second printing (as of 2023)

The Little Prairie Book of Berries (TouchWood Editions, 2021) 

• cookbook, adult nonfiction
• One of National Post’s Best Cookbooks of 2021
• second printing delayed – very few copies available in Canada as of end of 2025

Save Our Seeds: Protecting Plants for the Future (Orca Book Publishers, 2024)

• juvenile nonfiction

Not Just Dirt! How Soil Supports Our Planet (Orca Book Publishers, 2025)

• juvenile nonfiction

Mental Health Support: Living With Anxiety (BrightPoint Press, 2024)

• juvenile nonfiction

Understanding American Democracy: Fair Elections and Voting Rights (BrightPoint Press, 2024)

• juvenile nonfiction

Skilled and Vocational Trades: Become an IT Support Technician (BrightPoint Press, September 2022)

• YA nonfiction

Skilled and Vocational Trades: Become a Web Developer (BrightPoint Press, September 2022)

• YA nonfiction

Disasters in Canada: Prepare and Be Safe Floods (Beech Street Books, September 2019) 

• juvenile nonfiction

Disasters in Canada: Prepare and Be Safe Wildfires (Beech Street Books, September 2019) 

• juvenile nonfiction

Canadian Science – Technology and Sustainability: Natural Resources (Beech Street Books, September 2018)

• juvenile nonfiction

Canadian Science – Technology and Sustainability: Biodiversity (Beech Street Books, September 2018)

• juvenile nonfiction

To Be Canadian – Fairness for All: Equity (Beech Street Books, September 2017)

• juvenile nonfiction

E-books.

Little Leaves: Intensive Gardening Goes Micro (self-published, Amazon, second edition 2023)

• microgreens gardening guide, adult nonfiction
• also available as a paperback

Sea Buckthorn Bounty: Recipes (self-published, Amazon, second edition 2021)

• cookbook, adult nonfiction
• also available as a paperback

Articles, short stories, and other projects.

I have written hundreds of articles on a wide variety of topics. My work has been published internationally in magazines, journals, newspapers, and online.

I have also written several short stories – mostly speculative fiction – for adults. Poetry, recipes, and other miscellaneous writing projects for diverse audiences round out the list … and I’m always working on new ideas!

Forthcoming.

The Indoor Garden: Expert Gardeners Share Advice for Growing Food at Home (TouchWood Editions), co-authored with Janet Melrose. To be released April 1, 2026!

A juvenile nonfiction book that I must keep quiet about for now, to be released in autumn 2026 by Beech Street Books.

A juvenile nonfiction book that I can’t reveal anything about just yet, to be released in spring 2028 by Orca Book Publishers.