Emmy-award winning garden-writer, writer of publications consisting of Rub Welsh's Southern The golden state Horticulture: A Month-by-Month Guide, TELEVISION entertainer, and also professional musician, Pat Welsh was born in England, took up horticulture at the age of three, and has actually had her hands in the dirt since. Welsh's specialist horticultural job began in the mid-1970's teaching courses in residence gardening at UCSD Extension and Miracosta College. She's composed countless write-ups and also columns as well as held over 500 tv segments as well as video clips. Her current writing job is a book on Southwest Gardening for DK Publishers (New York/London), and the American Horticultural Society.