Gary Irish Author

Mary Irish (1949–2021), a garden writer and horticultural consultant native to the Southwest, hosted a weekly gardening radio show, wrote a monthly gardening column, and appeared on local gardening programs. She is the author of several books, including Gardening in the Desert: A Guide to Plant Selection and Care, Perennials for the Southwest: Plants that Flourish in Arid Gardens, and A Place All Our Own: Lives Entwined in a Desert Garden.

Gary Irish is a horticulturalist, writer, and a former Geographic Information Systems Services Manager. Irish develops artistic images of native Texas and Southwestern plants, which have been displayed in a Houston gallery. He is coauthor, with Mary Irish, of Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide. He currently lives near San Antonio.