Kathleen Walters joined Gardening Know How as a Content Editor in 2024. She holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Miami University and a master’s degree in Public History from Wright State University. She grew up helping her mom in the garden and has learned a great deal about gardening from her sister. Before coming to Gardening Know How, Kathleen spent almost a decade as a Park Ranger with the National Park Service in Dayton, Ohio. The Huffman Prairie is one of her favorite places to explore native plants and get inspired. With the help of her sister, she got rid of her lawn and turned her front yard into a pollinator garden.
Kathleen’s experience as a Park Ranger included giving tours of the Huffman Prairie, which is the largest prairie remnant in the state of Ohio and has been lovingly restored over the last 40 years. She edited a book on the history and revitalization of the Huffman Prairie in 2018. Kathleen also served as the social media coordinator for Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park for seven years in addition to her ranger duties. She loves communicating topics like history, native plants, and pollinator gardens to people from all over the world and she is excited to continue that work with Gardening Know How.
When she’s not working, Kathleen can be found with her partner puttering around the raised vegetable garden he built for her (and trying to figure out how to keep the neighborhood groundhogs out!). She loves hiking and volunteering in her local parks and spending time with her cat.
