Jon Carloftis, a Kentucky native, is an award-winning garden designer, garden writer, television guest, author and lecturer. His career in gardening began in 1988 in New York City, where he became one of America’s pioneers and leading authorities in rooftop/small space gardening. Jon has written a wide variety of garden books: First a Garden (2005), Beyond the Windowsill (2007) and Beautiful Gardens of Kentucky (2010).