Kathryn Aalto Explained

Kathryn Aalto
Nationality:American
Occupation:landscape designer, historian, educator, author
Website:https://kathrynaalto.com

Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, educator and author.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Aalto grew up in Escalon, California, where she developed a lifelong interest in landscape history, design and literature of place. She was educated at the University of California at Berkeley, Western Washington University, the London College of Garden Design[3] and the University of Bristol, from which she received a Bachelor's in English, a Master's in English, a Diploma in Garden Design and a Master's in Garden History.

Career

Writing

Aalto wrote the non-fiction book The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood,[4] published in 2015 by Timber Press, which became a New York Times Bestseller in February 2016. It was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" on October 26, 2015, and selected as a People magazine Best Pick in Nonfiction in November 2015.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] She is also the author of Nature and Human Intervention[11] about the Italian garden designer Luciano Guibbilei.[12]

In 2020, Aalto authored .[13]

Teaching and public speaking

As an educator, she has taught American Literature of Nature and Place, Critical Thinking and Composition and other writing courses at Western Washington University, Everett Community College and Exeter College where she is an adjunct lecturer.[14] Aalto has lectured at Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum,[15] The New York Public Library,[16] the Northwest Flower and Garden Show[17] and the Virginia Festival of the Book.[18]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Youlden. Mary. Exeter Lives: Kathryn Aalto. 17 May 2016. The Exeter Daily. 31 August 2013.
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2016-02-07/travel/list.html New York Times Bestseller List, Travel, February 2016
  3. Web site: London College of Garden Design. 27 June 2016.
  4. News: Eastman . Janet . 3 February 2016 . Winnie-the-Pooh's real forest: Meet author Kathryn Aalto (photos) . The Oregonian . 12 May 2016.
  5. News: Higgins . Adrian . 11 November 2015 . The real forest that inspired the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh . The Washington Post . 12 May 2016.
  6. News: Quattlebaum . Mary . 15 October 2015 . 'The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh' is a honey pot of nostalgia . The Washington Post . 24 June 2016.
  7. News: Tuttle . Kate . 14 November 2015 . Landscape historian Kathryn Aalto on Winnie-the-Pooh's forest . The Boston Globe . 12 May 2016.
  8. News: Shapiro . Ari . 18 January 2016 . The real forest that inspired the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh . Northeast Public Radio (NPR) . 12 May 2016.
  9. News: Donahue . Joe . 21 October 2015 . The Natural World Of Winnie-The-Pooh . WAMC . 12 May 2016.
  10. News: Mumford . Tracy . 4 November 2015 . Inside Winnie-the-Pooh's real Hundred Acre Wood . MPR . 12 May 2016.
  11. Book: Nature and Human Intervention . Amazon . .
  12. News: Heather . Duncan . October 2011 . New Book by Luciano Giubbilei: Nature and Human Intervention . Oxford College of Garden Design . 24 June 2016.
  13. Web site: Moraes . Miranda de . 2020-05-27 . Kathryn Aalto's 'Writing Wild' . 2023-04-27 . The Santa Barbara Independent . en-US.
  14. Web site: Speaker Profile - Kathryn Aalto. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. 17 May 2016.
  15. Web site: The Arnold Arboretum. The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: The Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood. The Arnold Arboretum. 17 May 2016. 15 November 2015.
  16. Web site: The New York Public Library. Children's Literary Salon: The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh. The New York Public Library. 17 May 2016. 17 October 2015.
  17. Web site: Northwest Flower and Garden Show. KATHRYN AALTO: U.K. WRITER, DESIGNER AND AUTHOR, THE NATURAL WORLD OF WINNIE-THE-POOH. Northwest Flower and Garden Show. 17 May 2016. 17 February 2016.
  18. Web site: Virginia Festival of the Book 2016. Speaker: Kathryn Aalto. Virginia Festival of the Book. 17 May 2016. 17 March 2016.
  19. http://www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/2016/05/qa-kathryn-aalto/ Gilbert White & The Oates Collections, Q&A With Kathryn Aalto, 12 May 2016

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