Home Guild Members Erin Schanen Specialities Social Media Influencer Website Writer Writer: Local Newspapers Erin Schanen Full Member Biography A gardener, writer and video creator, Erin Schanen is the founder of The Impatient Gardener, a trusted source of information and inspiration for hundreds of thousands of gardeners. She has been a gardener for more than two decades, and uses her southeastern Wisconsin, United States, garden as her plant lab, experimenting with unusual and underused plants alongside tried and true classics, creating new designs and sharing garden techniques. In addition to creating videos for her YouTube channel, she writes an award-winning weekly garden newspaper column as well as posts on theimpatientgardener.com. She has worked on a series of videos with plantsman Roy Diblik, and speaks to gardening groups across the United States. In 2024 she became a social media contributor to Fine Gardening Magazine. Erin has been awarded several medals in the GardenComm Media Awards for her weekly newspaper column and social media accounts. Additional Interests Erin splits her time between gardening and other pursuits, including sailboat racing on the Great Lakes, beachcombing on the shore of Lake Michigan and enjoying time with her husband and Newfoundland dogs. Address P.O. Box 99Belgium53004WIUnited States Contact Details Contact Member × Send Message * indicates a required field Name* *required Phone Number* *required Email Address* *required Invalid email address Subject* *required Message* *required Please complete the Google reCAPTCHA