Scott D. Appell

Background

Scott D. Appell was born on November 23, 1954, in New York City, New York, United States. He is a son of Stanton Appell, a manufacturer’s sales representative, and Phyllis Appell, an amateur Egyptologist.

Education

Scott D. Appell received an associate degree at the Agricultural and Technical Institute at Farmingdale (currently the Farmingdale State College) in 1973. It was followed by a Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University six years later.

From 1979 to 1983, Scott D. Appell did graduate studies.

Career

Scott D. Appell started his career at Brooklyn Botanic Garden where he first worked as a part-time assistant to orchidologist from 1969 to 1971 and then as an assistant to taxonomist from 1974 to 1977.

In 1994, Appell became a horticulturist and gardener at the Bronx Zoo serving in that capacity till he occupied the same post at the Central Park Zoo two years later. He also served as a staff horticulturist in Ken Druse Studio from 1994 to 1995 and as a senior horticulturist at Smith & Hawken from 1994 to 1996, both in New York City.

Scott D. Appell has applied his knowledge in gardening working in various media sources as well. So, in 1989, he hosted a weekly gardening program The Garden Spot on WCMH-TV, Columbus. He has contributed to many books and to such periodicals as Martha Stewart Living, Green Scene, Violet Gazette, Fern Annual, and American Homestyle & Gardening. He has also been a guest on different television and radio programs.

Appell has served as a director of education at the Horticultural Society of New York since 1996.

Achievements

• Scott D. Appell is an accomplished gardener and author who has provided gardeners and garden amateurs with such informative books as Llewellyn's Green Living Guide, Annuals for Every Garden, Landscaping Indoors, and others.

Works

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  • Annuals for Every Garden

    (The guide contains hundreds of spectacular annuals, at-a-...)

    2003
  • Landscaping Indoors

    (The book will inspire gardeners to create their own exqui...)

    2000
  • The Potted Garden: New Plants and New Approaches for Container Gardens

    (The guide provides information on techniques, plants, and...)

    2001
  • Tulips

    (The volume that celebrates the tulip in all its splendor ...)

    1999
  • Llewellyn's Green Living Guide

    (The book offers fresh ideas and Earth-friendly advice for...)

    2008
  • Pansies 1999
  • Lilies 2000

Membership

Scott D. Appell has been a certified nurseryman at Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association since 1987. He has also been a member of the Perennial Plant Association, the Indoor Gardening Society of America, the American Public Gardens Association, Garden Writer Southeastern Palm and Exotic Plant Society, American Violet Society, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and the Horticultural Society of New York.

• Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association , United States

  1987

Interests

• horticulture, baking

Connections

Scott D. Appell has been a companion of a magazine garden editor Bill Shank.

Father:

Stanton Appell

Mother:

Phylliss Appell

companion:

Bill Shank