Born with a Green Thumb - Jan Johnsen

The most recent edition of a local magazine '914Inc' featured 28 of Westchester County's accomplished women entrepeneurs...so if you want to know a little about the writer of this garden blog, read article link here:

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/914-INC/Q4-2011/Westchester-Countys-Most-Accomplished-Women-Entrepreneurs/

Born with a Green Thumb

Jan Johnsen
Founder and Co-Principal, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools

When she was in the third grade, Jan Johnsen planted corn seeds on the windowsill of her

family’s New York apartment.  She soon branched out to the fire escape, where pots of flowers

and vegetables thrived. At 16, she won first prize in the Manhattan borough-wide science fair

with an experiment on how sound affects the growth

 of plants. “My teacher thought it was a stupid idea,” she says, “and that made me want to do it more.

I just intuitively knew there was a connection.” Since then, scientists have learned that the

 high-frequency vibrations of birdsong open up the pores on plant leaves so that they absorb

more air and nutrients. 

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