Fern Richardson

Fern Richardson is the voice behind Life on the Balcony, the award-winning blog devoted to gardening in tiny spaces and connecting container gardeners around the world. Fern's foray into gardening occurred in elementary school after receiving a book about creating wildlife habitats in urban areas. Luckily resulting experiments, such as mosquito-infested manure tea, were not an indicator of future successes in the garden. Now a master gardner living in southern California, Fern grows herbs, peaches, nectarines, figs, blueberries, flowers, and succulents on a west-facing balcony and an east-facing front porch.