Author
Kate Puhala
Kate Puhala is a garden writer and professional gardener based in Portland, Oregon. She writes about gardening and garden products for Better Homes & Gardens, where her guides cover grow tents, grow lights, indoor garden systems and indoor greenhouses.
Kate came to gardening from journalism. She holds a BS in journalism from Medill at Northwestern University and an MA in international journalism from City, University of London. She has gardened hands-on since 2021, studied horticulture and arboriculture at Portland Community College, and owns Fasciation Planting & Care, a gardening service in the Pacific Northwest. She grows vegetables, fruit and flowers mostly from seed, starting them indoors with grow lights, heat mats and seed trays.
Her published work at Better Homes & Gardens includes buying guides to grow tents, grow lights, indoor garden systems and indoor greenhouses, along with outdoor pieces on raised beds, gazebos and lawn aerators.
