Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value.Book retailers are well aware that the trend in gardening books is to regional titles that provide credible information on the plants that perform well in specific regions.Written by gardening experts Jo Ellen Sharp and Tom Tyler, this book offers advice on the diverse landscape of Indiana.Contains easy to use advice on the top landscape plant choices (more than 160 entries) for Indiana.Recommends specific varieties and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for Indiana's best plants.

Tom Tyler is an Extension Educator and horticulturist for the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service in Indianapolis. Each Thursday he answers gardening questions during the "Lawn and Garden Show" on WMYS Radio, and makes frequent appearances on local television. He also reaches gardeners through numerous gardening lectures, workshops, newsletters and other community projects while coordinating urban gardening efforts in the county. Tyler received a BS in Horticulture from Clemson University and an MS in Agronomy from Purdue University. He spent several years in Niger as a research associate and Peace Corps Volunteer and currently serves as President of the American Community Gardening Association. He lives and gardens in Indianapolis with Buffy and Jody, his cats. Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp writes a garden column in The Indianapolis Star on Sundays, and for NET 19, an internet magazine. After more than 16 years as a reporter at The Indianapolis Star and News, she recently left the newspapers to found Jemstone Communications, a freelance writing and communications business. Before that, she was a reporter in Southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, for The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times. She has a bachelor's degree in education from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. A Master Gardener, she lives in her native Indianapolis, where she gardens in an urban yard in spite of her dogs, Moon and Penn.