The Earth Speaks

"Giving hope, inspiration, and motivation through creation"

Joanne Taylor

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About Me

     After a decade of climbing up the corporate ladder, I resigned from the IBM Corporation, climbed my way back down to earth, hung up my blue suit, put on my blue jeans, and started my successful gardening business, Taylor Gardens. As a gardener by profession for twenty years, the outdoors became my office. The sky is the ceiling; the trees are the walls; dirt paths and steppingstones make up the hallways; hedges serve as partitions; and my office is the garden itself. My co-workers are the birds and the bees, and sometimes even snakes. During those twenty years of working with nature, I discovered that there are lessons for living outdoors everywhere. I learned how to grow on the outside, in the garden, while I was learning how to grow on the inside. (See Below). The cross pollination of nature and spirituality bloomed into A Down to Earth Bible Study, and it my upcoming new release, The Earth Speaks.

     I am a professional, Award-winning gardener, Author of “Down to Earth” (AMG Publishers), Published Nature Writer, Motivational Speaker, Teacher, and Award-winning Photographer. My gardening business, Taylor Gardens and Designs, has served very prominent clients in the Philadelphia suburbs for over three decades, Est. 1986. I have won both red and blue-ribbon awards in gardening competitions held by the Pottstown Chamber of Commerce and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society, served as a judge for the Society’s Annual City Gardens Contest, taught inner-city children how to garden through the Grow in Peace Program, and served as a garden facilitator for the Penn State Urban Gardening Program. I have been featured in print, radio, and television, and was a guest speaker at the 2006, 2008, and 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show.

Resume

Business Experience:

  • 2004 – Present: Published Author, Writer, Motivational Speaker
  • 2002 – 2004: United Talent Agency, Inc. International Auto Show Spokes model
  • 2001 – 2004: Productions Plus, Inc., International Auto Show Spokes model
  • 2002 – 2003: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Judge - Annual City Gardens Contest
  • 2003 – 2004: Penn State Urban Gardening Program Liaison – Monitored City Gardens
  • 2003 – 2003: Penn State Urban Gardening Program –Teacher-Grow in Peace Program
  • 1999 – 2000: Highlighting Christianity Television Show, Writer, Producer, Host
  • 1998 – 2002: First Automotive, Inc., International Auto Show Product Consultant
  • 1997 – 1998: The Black Suburban Journal, Staff Writer
  • 1996 – 1997: The Free Press Newspaper, Staff Writer
  • 1986 – Present: Taylor Gardens and Designs, CEO
  • 1982 – 1986: IBM Corporation, - Secretary/Administration
  • 1976 – 1982: Allstate Insurance Company, Clerical

Awards:

  • Pennsylvania Bards Eastern PA Poetry Review 2024
  • Pottstown/Boyertown Gardening Contest, 3rd Place, 2021
  • Creation Illustrated Photography Contest, 1st Place, 2018
  • Merrill Lynch Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nominee
  • Prima Network - Women’s Commercial Competition, First Place
  • Christian Writer’s Conference – Writing Competition, Third Place
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Blue Ribbon Award – Gardening Competition
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Red Ribbon Awards – Gardening Competition

Published Photography:

  • Creation Illustrated Magazine, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2020
  • Creation Illustrated Photography Contest, 1st Place, 2018

Writing Accomplishments: Published Freelance Writer:

  • Creation Illustrated Magazine, Spring 2018
  • A Down to Earth Bible Study, AMG Publishing 2005
  • Main Line Suburban Life, 2009
  • Black Diaspora Magazine
  • The Black Suburban Journal
  • The Free Press Newspaper
  • WOW E-zine - Columnist
  • Connection Newspaper – Columnist
  • Philadelphia Gardening Examiner
  • Everyday Gospel Magazine

Media

Newspaper Coverage:

  • The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 17, 2005
  • The Philadelphia Tribune, August 19, 2005
  • Main Line Times, August 4, 2005
  • Daily Local News, August 26, 2005
  • Wayne Suburban Times, July 21, 2005
  • Wayne Suburban Times, September 8, 2005
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 2005

Radio Interviews:

POWER 99 FM, WDAS FM, WFIL AM, WAKK 980 AM, WAIJ 90.3 FM, WLIC 97.1 FM, WKJL 88.1 FM, WPCL 97.3- FM, WRIJ 106.9-FM, WRWJ 88.1-FM, WSNJ FM, 88.1 FM, 88.3 FM, 88.7 FM, 88.9 FM, 89.1 FM, 91.7 FM, 103.5 FM

Television Appearances:

  • Philadelphia Fox 10 News “Good Day Philadelphia”
  • Women in Motion, Time Warner Studios, Hollywood
  • WWJT Channel 7
  • WFMZ Channel 69
  • WBPH Channel 60
  • WCVI Channel 39
  • UPN
  • Channel US Virgin Islands