Bonnie Jo Manion

Bonnie Jo Manion is a garden writer, speaker and photographer out of Southern California. She has been combining her love of gardening and her joy for chickens for more than a decade.

Influenced by her travels and time spent abroad, Bonnie embodies a unique Southern France twist on the Southern California lifestyle through artful seasonal living in her her cooking, gardening, and writing. Bonnie and her husband, John, transformed what was once a neglected acre of land into a beautiful and bountiful petite Provence, complete with a flock of spoiled chickens, an orchard, a potager, a vineyard, and award-winning wines.

Bonnie has been featured in national garden magazines for her gardens, organic practices, chickens, and designs. Follow Bonnie at www.VintageGardenGal.com. Bonnie has an Avian Science B.S. degree from Colorado State University, and has been the Southern California Regional Garden Contributor at Lowes.com/SoCal.