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Amy Goldman Fowler

Not to be confused with Amy Farrah Fowler.

Amy Goldman Fowler (born 1954) is an American billionaire heiress, gardener, author, artist, philanthropist, and advocate for seed saving and heirloom fruits and vegetables. She is one of the foremost heirloom plant conservationists in the US. Goldman has been called "perhaps the world's premier vegetable gardener" by Gregory Long, president emeritus of The New York Botanical Garden.[1]

Amy Goldman Fowler
Goldman in 2010
Born1954 (age 69–70)
NationalityAmerican
SpouseCary Fowler (m. 2012)
Parent(s)Sol Goldman
Lillian Schuman Goldman
FamilyAllan H. Goldman (brother)
Diane Goldman Kemper (sister)
Jane Goldman (sister)
Lloyd Goldman (cousin)
Websiteamygoldmanfowler.com

Early life and education

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Fowler is the daughter of Lillian (née Schuman) and Sol Goldman.[2][3] She has three siblings: Allan H. Goldman, Diane Goldman Kemper, and Jane Goldman.[4] Her father was the largest non-institutional real estate investor in New York City in the 1980s, owning nearly 1900 commercial and residential properties.[4] Her siblings, Allan Goldman and Jane Goldman manage the remaining real estate assets via the firm Solil Management.[5] Her cousin, Lloyd Goldman, is a real-estate investor in New York City.[6]

Goldman earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Barnard College (1976), a master's in developmental psychology from Columbia University's Teachers College (1978), and a doctorate in clinical psychology (PhD) from Oklahoma State University in 1984.

Career

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Goldman is an American businesswoman and gardener. She has been profiled by The New York Times in 2004,[7] The Washington Post,[8] The New York Sun in 2007[9] and several other publications including Organic Style[10] and Horticulture magazine.[11] In 2007, Goldman also appeared on Martha Stewart Living TV[12] and PBS' The Victory Garden.[13]

Bibliography

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Goldman is the author of five books. These were illustrated by the photographer Victor Schrager.

Melons for the Passionate Grower (Artisan, 2002) was nominated for several other awards including: The Garden Writers Association of America 2003 Garden Globe Award of Achievement, various Bookbinder's Awards for design and production, a James Beard Foundation Award (Reference Books category) and the International Association of Culinary Professionals award for Best Design.

The Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower's Guide To Pumpkins, Squashes and Gourds (Artisan, 2004) was a 2005 American Horticultural Society Book Award-winner, and won a bronze award of achievement from The Garden Writers Association of America.

The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table – Recipes, Portraits and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit was published by Bloomsbury in 2008. It was a recipient of the American Horticultural Society's 2009 Book Award.

Heirloom Harvest: Modern Daguerreotypes of Historic Garden Treasures (Bloomsbury, 2015) is illustrated by daguerreotypist Jerry Spagnoli. The book has more than 175 photographs of fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, and berries grown by Goldman on her 200-acre Hudson Valley farmstead. Goldman's essay, "Fruits of the Earth", describes her 25-year collaboration with the land. Heirloom Harvest has appeared in The Washington Post,[14] Elle Décor,[15] Harper's Bazaar, The Financial Times,[16] The Daily Beast,[17] The East Hampton Star,[18] and Town and Country.[19] In August 2016 it won the Association for Garden Communicators (GWA)'s silver medal in the Book Category.[20] It also won two distinctions at the October 2016 New York Book Show (Book Industry Guild of New York): Best in Special Trade (Art Books) and Best in Special Trade/Photography.[21] Heirloom Harvest was honored in 2016 by the British Book Awards as best book in the Lifestyle Illustrated category.[22]

The Melon (City Point Press, 2019), her fifth book, was reviewed in The New York Times[23] and The Washington Post.[24]

Goldman's writing appears in such publications as Martha Stewart Living,[25] The New York Times,[26] Organic Connections,[27] and Organic Gardening.[28]

Awards

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Her first three books and her last, The Melon, won American Horticultural Society Book of the Year awards.[29]

  • 2021 Florens DeBevoise Medal awarded by The Garden Club of America for distinguished achievement in the heirloom seed and local food movement.[30]
  • 2020 Silver Medal of Achievement by GardenComm to The Melon in the Book: General Readership category of Writing.[31]

Affiliations

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Fowler is a trustee of both the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust and the Amy P. Goldman Foundation.[32][33] She is also on the council of the New York Restoration Project.[34]

Goldman previously served as executive director of the Sol Goldman Charitable Trust of New York City.[35] She is also a former vice chairman of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Board.[36]

In September 2014, Fowler was elected chairman of the Center for Jewish History, a position she held until December 2016.[37][38]

Goldman served on the board of directors of Seed Savers Exchange for more than ten years, half of that time as chair, and as of 2012 was a special advisor to the board.[39]

As of 2024, Goldman was one of the largest donors to Democratic Party candidates, having contributed over $27,000,000 in her lifetime.[40]

Personal life

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On April 28, 2012, Goldman married Cary Fowler at the terrace on top of the Arsenal in Central Park.[41]

References

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  1. ^ "New York Botanical Garden". www.nybg.org/. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  2. ^ New York Magazine: "The Midas Curse" by Dinitia Smith, p. 32, at Google Books April 3, 1989
  3. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths Goldman, Lillian". The New York Times. August 22, 2002.
  4. ^ a b "Sol Goldman, Major Real-Estate Investor, Dies". The New York Times. October 19, 1987.
  5. ^ The Real Deal: "Sol Goldman’s $6B portfolio in play, as children accelerate dealmaking" By Adam Pincus April 01, 2013
  6. ^ "Meet the Other Trade Center Builder". The Wall Street Journal. September 11, 2008.
  7. ^ Fabricant, Florence (November 24, 2004). "Carve the Pumpkin, Eat the Squash". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  8. ^ Higgins, Adrian (November 25, 2004). "A Feast for the Eyes". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ "Most Treasured Heirlooms", The New York Sun, October 31, 2007.
  10. ^ "Paradise Regained", Organic Style, March 1, 2004. "Rare Forms by Amy Goldman". Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  11. ^ Thyme for a Change; Horticulture, March 2007. http://www.hortmag.com/article/Thyme_For_A_Change
  12. ^ Appearance on Martha Stewart Living. "Rare Forms by Amy Goldman". Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  13. ^ Appearance on The Victory Garden. "Rare Forms by Amy Goldman". Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  14. ^ Higgins, Adrian (October 27, 2015). "Arresting black-and-white photos expose the beauty of ordinary vegetables". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  15. ^ "Met Home's Staff Summer Must-Reads". Elle Décor. July 21, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  16. ^ Wilson, Matthew (November 26, 2015). "Awash with squash: philanthropist Amy Goldman's New York garden". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved December 7, 2015.(subscription required)
  17. ^ Boot, William (November 26, 2015). "A Hipster Heirloom Harvest (PHOTOS)". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  18. ^ "Slow Food Gets Slow Pics | The East Hampton Star". easthamptonstar.com. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  19. ^ "Town & Country chimes in with words of praise in the November issue".
  20. ^ "GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators Garden Media Awards Program". Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  21. ^ "30th Annual New York Book Show (Special Trade)". October 21, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  22. ^ "2016 British Book Awards". Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  23. ^ "But Does It Tell You When a Melon Is Ripe?". The New York Times. September 16, 2019.
  24. ^ Higgins, Adrian (November 12, 2019). "Perspective | The melon still wraps its tendrils around seed guru Amy Goldman". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  25. ^ Origin of the Species; Martha Stewart Living, September 2007. http://www.rareforms.com/article_by_amy_08.htm[permanent dead link‍]
  26. ^ Tortorello, Michael (November 18, 2010). "Winter Squash, Warts and All". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  27. ^ Amy Goldman, "Monster Tomatoes", Organic Gardening. G. Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ Amy P. Goldman, "Luscious Heirloom Watermelons for the American Gardener", Organic Gardening. Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ American Horticultural Society Annual Book Awards "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  30. ^ "2021 National GCA Medalists Announced". www.gcamerica.org. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  31. ^ "Announcing the 2020 GardenComm Gold and Silver Award Winners". gardencomm.org. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  32. ^ Propublica website, Amy P Goldman Foundation, retrieved October 24, 2024
  33. ^ Influence Watch website, Amy Goldman Fowler
  34. ^ New York Restoration Project website, Our Team, retrieved October 24, 2024
  35. ^ The Real Deal website, Inside the Family Feud of the multi billion dollar Sol Golman Empire, article by Rich Bockmann dated September 3, 2024
  36. ^ New York Botanical Garden website, NYBG Scientist and Trustee Win American Horticultural Society Awards, article by Stevenson Swanson dated May 27, 2020
  37. ^ "New Leadership at the Center for Jewish History". Leadership.
  38. ^ "Joel Levy named president and CEO of Center for Jewish History". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 17, 2014.
  39. ^ "Illinois gardener to lead Seed Savers Exchange board". See Savers Exchange. July 25, 2012.
  40. ^ Epstein, Reid J.; Schleifer, Theodore; Haberman, Maggie; Vogel, Kenneth P. (July 5, 2024). "Some of Biden's Upcoming Fund-Raising Events Face New Uncertainty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  41. ^ Hartocollis, Anemona (May 11, 2012). "Amy Goldman and Cary Fowler". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
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