Deborah Ridgely Fialka

Background

Fialka, Deborah Ridgely was born on March 8, 1941 in Cambridge, Maryland, United States. Daughter of James Rogers and Catherine (Ridgely) Sollers.

Education

Bachelor, St. John's College, 1963. Postgraduate, University Virginia, 1963.

Career

Garden writer Washingtonian Magazine, Garden Design Magazine, Washington, 1981—1994. Landscape designer, garden teacher, 1979—1992. Organic farmer, 1992—2002.

Rural planner Calvert County Maryland Department Planning and Zoning, Prince Frederick, 1998—2003. Member Fairfax County Agricultural and Forestal district Advisory Board, Fairfax County, Virginia, since 1989.

Achievements

• Deborah Ridgely Fialka has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Washington Star Garden Book: Encyclopedia of Gardening for the Chesapeake &Potomac Region

    (Key Details Author Deborah Fialka Number Of Pages 250 pag...)

  • The Washington star garden book : the encyclopedia of gardening for the District, Maryland, and Virginia

Membership

Co-founder McLean Farmers Market, Fairfax County, 1989. Board directors, co-founder Maryland Organic Growers Cooperative, Jessup. Board directors Washington Youth Gardens, since 1982.

Member of American Chestnut Foundation, Nature Conservancy, Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association.

Interests

• Reading, travel, dance, poetry.

Connections

Married John Joseph Fialka, October 14, 1967. Children: Benjamin Barnett, Jennifer Wren, Joseph Aram.

Father:

James Rogers Sollers

Mother:

Catherine (Ridgely) Sollers

Spouse:

John Joseph Fialka

child:

Jennifer Wren Fialka

child:

Benjamin Barnett Fialka

child:

Joseph Aram Fialka