Doris Settles

Author, Speaker, Mentor

Doris Settles learned to love gardening from both of her grandmothers. As an Extension Master Gardener in Kentucky, she has volunteered her time teaching others the joys of digging in the dirt. CoFounder of America in Bloom Lexington, she speaks frequently about the health benefits of being outdoors and encouraging people to garden. Her most recent book is Leira Clara's Flowers which focuses on social-emotional skills of kindness and empathy as well as encouraging children to garden, in the vein of No Child Left Inside. Settles is also the author of Understanding i-Kids (Pelican Publishing 2011), Understanding i-Kids Classroom Workbook (Pelican Publishing 2012), and Prohibition in Bardstown: Bourbon, Bootlegging and Saloons (History Press 2016). Settles lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband, Bill-and a quite-spoiled Pomeranian-where she can be found digging in her garden and processing the fruits of her gardening labors.