Pam Beck is a freelance garden writer, lecturer, and photographer.

Garden Writer Pam Beck and co-author Laura Peters published their first collaborative book, Best Garden Plants for North Carolina, by Lone Pine Publishing in February, 2006. Pam has regularly published articles in Carolina Gardener Magazine since 1993 and is also currently writing for Fifteen501 and Wake Living Magazines. A member of the Garden Writers Association of America, she wrote “Perennially Yours”, a gardening column for the Raleigh News & Observer, for five years and was honored by The News & Observer as “Tarheel of the Week” in May 1997. She was awarded the Silver Trowel Award for magazine-writing for 2006 by the Garden Writer's Association of America.

Lecturer Many gardening symposium attendees are familiar with Pam's charming, conversational, and information-packed presentations. Click here for a current schedule of Pam's lectures. Pam also teaches Residential Landscaping for Wake Technical Community College’s Adult Continuing Education Program, she is a local garden scout for Better Homes & Gardens Magazine, and currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the J C Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Photographer Pam's garden photography can be seen in gardening magazines and books. Several of her photographs have been auction items to benefit the J C Raulston Arboretum Gala.