About Ysanne


Gardening comes easy to this Londoner in Los Angeles, her green thumb adding delicious organic goodness to the tables of many happy families.

Ysanne has grown organic edible gardens and looked after fruit trees for William Shatner, Barbra Streisand, Angela Lindvall, Jeanne & Anthony Pritzker and family, and many more clients in the L.A. area.

Preparing delicious dishes from ingredients she has grown is something Ysanne loves to do, whether a simple salad or a sumptuously indulgent dessert. Oh, and raw vegan chocolate? You got it!

As an expression of her love of organics, Ysanne is currently focused on looking after a beautiful kitchen garden for The Ranch at Live Oak, and is writing a new book. She is also very much expressing her love of music.

Ysanne has had thirteen books published, all focused on organic food and organic living. Her writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times food section, Food Illustrated, Organic Style, Natural Products News, Natural Parent, Yoga, and Organic Living, plus many other British, American and Asian magazines. She was founding consultant editor of Organic magazine in the UK, and regularly appeared on BBC radio when she was based in London.

Los Angeles Magazine featured Ysanne in their October 2009 Gardening Edition. Conde Nast’s Easy Living magazine featured her in 2008, and House & Home Ideas magazine voted Ysanne an Eco-Hero in 2004. Her books have been praised by leading publications, including The Observer (UK), the Daily Mail (UK) and Zest magazine.

Her books have been translated into a number of languages, including French, Dutch and Spanish. They include Organic Cookbook, and HarperCollins’ Fresh & Wild – A Real Food Adventure, plus her industry report for Reuters about healthy foods around the world.

Below are photos of organic gardens Ysanne created and cared for in 2010 and 2011.

Enjoy!

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