About Jim

Jim Long writes extensively and travels the world looking for interesting new herbs and vegetables. He’s been a regular columnist for The Herb Companion and The Ozarks Mountaineer magazines since 1992. He has a regular column, “The Heirloom Herbalist” for The Heirloom Gardening magazine and writes for Small Farm Today, Edible Austin, State by State Gardening and Missouri Gardening magazines. His gardens have been featured in Southern Living (twice), several Better Homes & Gardens' publications, and numerous other garden magazines. He's appeared on Home & Garden TV and Discovery Channel programs as well as the P. Allen Smith Gardens show.

Jim chaired the first Herb of the Year project in 1994 while on the Board of Directors of the International Herb Association, helping found the Herb of the Year project. To learn more about the Herb of the Year, visit his Herb of the Year blog: http://herboftheyear.blogspot.com/.

Jim also writes the Ozarks Gardening column for newspapers across the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks. His biweekly columns, are found on his Ozarks Gardening blog: http://ozarksgardening.blogspot.com/ and you can follow his columns from other publications on his Columns blog: http://jimlongscolumns.blogspot.com/ as well as on FaceBook and Twitter.

To request information about Jim’s programs and workshops for your conference or organization, visit Jim’s Lecture page.

Gardeners and food enthusiasts from around the globe follow Jim’s weekly gardening adventures on his garden blog: http://jimlongsgarden.blogspot.com/. Jim’s Recipes blog gives updates on new recipes using herbs from his own kitchen: http://jimlongsrecipes.blogspot.com/ and he also writes about Stress-Reducing Dream Pillows and their uses on his Dream Pillows blog: http://jimsdreampillows.blogspot.com/.

Jim is a frequent lecturer for plant groups, professional and state Master Gardener conferences and flower and garden shows (check his lecture travel availability and his lecture subjects). If you would like to host Jim for your conference or herbal event, contact Jim directly at jim@longcreekherbs.com.

Jim is a member of Garden Writers of America and The Herb Society of America.