John Cretti

[excerpted from National Gardening Association website]
John Cretti is known regionally and nationally as a Rocky Mountain and High Plains horticulturist who hosts the popular Gardening with an Altitude radio and television program. He is a former home horticulture specialist for Colorado State University, and is an author, lecturer, award-winning garden communicator, and, above all, down-to-earth gardener.

He is author of the Colorado Gardener's Guide, the Rocky Mountain Gardener's Guide, and the new Month-by-Month Gardening in the Rocky Mountain Region. John has been long-time host of the Winter Gardener on HGTV. He's published hundreds of articles for garden magazines, including Horticulture, Flower and Garden, Colorado Boulder County Home & Garden, Green Thumb Extra, Garden Talk, and Mature Living Choices.

He has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Award of Excellence and Quill and Trowel Awards from the Garden Writers' Association, the Scotts' Horticultural Professional Improvement Award for lawn and garden communications, and the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Award of Excellence in Horticulture Communications. He also was recognized for outstanding community service for garden and education programs by Xeriscape Colorado.