Linda Holtby

Linda Holtby, b. 1983, is a former high school teacher who quit her job to grow vegetables. What started with a few chilli seeds turned into a passionate love for gardening, and the lawn in the garden was replaced with carrots, beans, and pumpkins. Today, Linda works as an environmental communicator and shares her gardening projects on her Instagram account @lillafarmen.

She lives on her small urban farm in Västerås with her family and a few chickens. The Urban Farmer's Handbook is her first book.