site.btaBulgarian Journalist in Zagreb: Bulgarians Were Major Contributors to Vegetable Production in Croatia, Introduced Croats to Many Vegetables

Bulgarian gardeners have carried the glory of Bulgaria for more than a century and a half to the north and south, east and west, they have been true "ambassadors" of the modest and hardworking Bulgarian people - these are some of the opening words in the book Bulgarian Gardeners in Croatia by journalist Diana Glasnova, who is also the editor-in-chief of the bilingual magazine "Rodna Riječ" (Native Speech), an organ of Nacionalna zajednica Bugara u Republici Hrvatskoj (The Bulgarian National Community in the Republic of Croatia). The book explores the history of Bulgarian gardeners who arrived in Croatia in the second half of the 19th century and left their mark on vegetable production in the country.