Ruth Rogers Clausen's Perennials for American Gardens (Random House, 1989) received the 1990 Quill and Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association. She has also written for the American Garden guide series: Perennial Gardening with the New York Botanical Garden, Annual Gardening with the Missouri Botanical Garden, and Trees with the Chicago Botanic Garden. Her Dreamscaping was published by Hearst Books. Former horticulture editor for Country Living Gardener magazine, she has also contributed to Country Gardens, Horticulture, and Organic Gardening.Ruth was trained in horticulture at Studley College in England, and received her M.S. in botany from Kent State University. Since 1976, she has freelanced as a teacher, lecturer, and author in the U.

S. and Canada.Ruth serves on the advisory committee for the School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden where she is also a member of the corporation. She is a member of the advisory council for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, and she often serves as a judge at flower shows.She gardens in Westchester County, New York, where deer abound.