Perennially Yours is in its sixteenth year and continues to expand at 
a rapid pace 

Kerry Ann Mendez is the author of The Ultimate Gardener's Top 
Ten Lists

Over 6,000 gardeners receive our gardening newsletters

Over 8,000 people have attended our gardening classes

Our Web site receives almost 6,000 visits per month

Founder and organizer of the annual Great Gardens and Landscaping
Symposium

Teaches over 20 different perennial gardening workshops that include
detailed course handouts

Has conducted over 1,000 private and commercial garden consultations and designs

Hundreds of visitors attend our complimentary, monthly open houses in the gardens

Garden Gate magazine (two feature articles, garden design, 
back cover photo; 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 plus in the 2008 
special publication Great Gardens Solutions for Small Spaces)

Fine Gardening magazine (2005 and 2007)

People, Places & Plants magazine (2004, 2006)

How-To Gardening magazine (2005) 

Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living produced by Better Homes 
and Gardens (2007)

Country Gardens magazine (2009)

Saratoga Living magazine (cover shot spring 2008; business 
featured in summer 2008)

HGTV feature with People, Places & Plants, The Gardening Show (2005)

Garden instructor for Horticulture magazine's national gardening webinars (March, April and May 2010)

Perennial garden expert for Capital News 9's In Your Garden television segments (2004-2005)

Channel 6 CBS TV, featured as one of three women on special 'momtrepeneurs' segment

Guest and periodic co-host SafeLawns & Landscapes national radio show (2008)

STAR 101.3 radio talk show with Mike O'Connell 

Garden columnist for Life@Home magazine published by the Times Union newspaper (circulation 30,000) ·

Garden columnist for Capital Region Living Magazine 2006-2007 (circulation 32,000) 

Garden columnist for Saratoga Today newspaper (circulation 8,600) and The Chronicle newspaper (circulation 10,000)

Garden columnist for SPICE magazine in 2006 (circulation 25,000)

Garden columnist for SaratogaPARENT Magazine (2004 - 2006) · 

Freelance writer for The Saratogian; The Ballston Journal, The Schenectady Gazette, The Post Star,  The Prudential Real Estate newsletter, The Chronicle, The Times Union , The Saratoga Post

My gardens were in garden author, Keith Davitt's, most recent book Hardscaping: How to Use Structures, Pathways, Patios & Ornaments in Your Garden (2006)

Gardens I've designed for bed and breakfast inns are featured in Janet Loughery's book, GARDENING, Adirondack Style (2006)

My gardens were featured on TV Channel 13 as one of the favorite gardens in the Capital District, NY

My gardens have been on the following tours: The Secret Garden Tour (300+ attendees), The Landis Arboretum Garden Day Tour, The American Association of University Women's Garden Tour 

"Go ahead, dig in" (The Spirit of Saratoga, March 2008)

"Low-Maintenance Perennial Gardening, Reality or Myth?" (The Chronicle, regional newspaper, April 2004; Capital Region Living, April 2006)

"Jump-start Your Gardens for a Great Summer Show!" (Capital Region Living, April 2004)

"We have Self-Cleaning Ovens. So, Why Not Self-Cleaning Gardens?" (The Chronicle, regional newspaper, April 2006) 

"Kids' Gardening 101-Gardening for the Five Senses" (Saratoga Parent magazine, June 2004)

"Befuddling Biennials" (Fine Gardening magazine, November/December 2005)

"Surefire Shortcuts" (Fine Gardening magazine, September/October 2007)

"Is a Low-Maintenance Garden Just a Myth?" (Port City Life magazine, June 2007)

"Blue-tiful Perennials" (Saratoga Lifestyles magazine, premiere issue, summer 2007

"Low-Maintenance Perennial Gardening, Reality or Myth?" (The Saratogian, inaugural issue 2007)

Designed the garden, containers and recommended pool furnishings for Garden Gate's Design Challenge feature (September/October 2007) 

Philadelphia Flower Show

Boston Flower Show

Connecticut Flower Show

Hosted Horticulture magazine's national webinar March 2010

The Landis Arboretum, Esperance, NY (speaker and horticulture certificate instructor)

 The Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA

Design & Beyond Symposium, Cincinnati, OH

'Coming Home to Your Garden' Symposium; Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA

Gardener's Supply Company, Burlington, VT

Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, CT

Garden Club of Montreal, Quebec

University of Connecticut's Garden Conference, CT

St. George's Garden Club, Baltimore, MD

Garden Symposium, Lancaster, PA

Spring Garden Symposium, Cox Arboretum, Dayton, OH

The Friends of the Horticulture Farm, South Burlington, VT

Gathering of Gardeners, Rochester, NY (September 2009)

Lake and Valley Garden Club, Cooperstown, NY

Ulster County Master Gardeners' Garden Day at The Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY

Churchills Garden Center, Exeter, NH

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME

Capital District Garden and Flower Show, Troy, NY

Garden Club of Manchester, Manchester, VT

Mount Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods, NH

Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, Lake Placid, NY

The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY and Chapman Museum, Glens Falls, NY

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY

New York in Bloom at the New York State Museum and the Albany Tulip Festival, Albany, NY

The Adirondack Garden and Flower Show, Lake George, NY

Saratoga Preservation Foundation and the Saratoga Springs Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY

Mohonk Mountain House Resort, New Paltz, NY

Seminars for Cornell Cooperative Extensions of Albany, Warren, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer Counties

Instructor for the perennial section, Master Gardeners Certification Program (Saratoga County)

Fort Orange Garden Club, Albany, NY

State Farm Insurance, Employee Association, Malta, NY

General Electric, Schenectady, NY

New York State Department of Conservation and Housing Division, Albany, NY

Empire State Bed and Breakfast Association (annual conference), Saratoga Springs, NY

Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, individual clubs plus annual district-wide meetings

American Association of University Women, Schenectady, NY 

Perennial Plant Association

Garden Writers Association

Heritage Garden Club; Federated Garden Clubs of NYS 

Conducted over 1,000 garden consultations for private residences and businesses

Consulted for the following world-class resorts or National Historic Landmarks: The Mirror Lake Inn (NY); The Mt. Washington Resort (NH); The Batcheller Mansion (NY)