She joined the network in 1977 and was part of the team that created Morning Edition. During her years there she worked as an arts producer, a sports reporter, and a senior correspondent for Morning Edition. She was also NPR’s plant expert, the “Doyenne of Dirt’” and appeared regularly for almost a decade on Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. Ketzel has also written for Sunset, Martha Stewart Living and Horticulture magazines. She is the author of Plant This: Best Bets for Year-Round Gardens, a compilation of her work as a columnist for The Oregonian. Ketzel will have her book available for signing.