Marty Wingate is a Seattle-based writer and speaker about gardens and travel. 

Her features appear every Thursday in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. She is the author of three books: The Bellevue Botanical Garden: Celebrating 15 Years, Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens, and The Big Book of Northwest Perennials. She writes for national magazines, including Fine Gardening, The American Gardener, and Country Gardens. 

Marty has a master’s degree in urban horticulture from the University of Washington, and is active in the Arboretum Foundation, the Northwest Perennial Alliance, the Northwest Horticultural Society, and the Royal Horticultural Society.  She leads garden tours to England, Scotland and Ireland, and North American destinations.