Nita-Jo Rountree

Author, speaker and garden writer
Nita-Jo Rountree is a frequent guest and occasional substitute host on the radio show, Gardening with Ciscoe, in Seattle, Washington. She is an avid “hands on” gardener, and her personal garden has been featured in the Seattle Times as well as on HGTV. She is a frequent speaker at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show and was a speaker and judge at the Yard, Garden and Patio Show. She serves on the Heronswood Steering Committee, the board of directors of the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society, and the advisory board of the Northwest Horticultural Society, of which she is a past president. Her new book, Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest, was recently published by Sasquatch Books.