The Perennial Plant Collector's Corner. This talk is for plantaholics seeking unusual, fun, outrageous, or underused perennials that will have heads turning and onlookers mumbling "What is that?" As an avid collector, I've walked many miles in my muck boots to find some unique plants that transform ho-hum gardens into eye-popping, extraordinary ones.

Three Seasons of Outrageous Color from Perennials. Discover spectacular perennials for sun and shade that brighten your landscape spring through fall. Many newer varieties will be featured. As one perennial stops blooming, it 'passes the baton' to the next 'winner'. Helpful garden care tips and shortcuts to maximize color and reduce maintenance will also be covered.

EXTREMELY Low-Maintenance, Gorgeous Perennials by Season. You will be thrilled to discover beautiful perennials, including many new introductions that enjoy little hand holding on your part. These beauties enjoy lean soil, little or no fertilizer, less water, little or no deadheading and many are deer resistant. They will save you time and money! Presentation includes design tips.

Remarkable Perennials, Flowering Shrubs and Annuals for Non-Stop Color. This lecture features new introductions, as well as favorite stalwarts, for easy-care gardens that outperform the competition. Mixed borders provide outstanding color and interest year-round! Design tips and sustainable practices are included.

Gardening Simplified for Changing Lifestyles: Plant This, Not That. Change happens. Many still dream of ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ landscapes but reality has muddied the picture. Job demands, kids, money, hectic schedules, aging bodies, and changing interests have led to nightmare gardens. Time for some ‘editing’. This inspiring lecture provides easy-to-follow downsizing strategies, recommended nofuss plant material, and design tips for stunning year-round gardens that will be as close to ‘autopilot’ as you can get….

Branch Out in Your Gardening Adventures with Flowering Shrubs – the New Glamour Plants!. Do you want to add drama, winter interest and colorful flowers to your gardens while reducing maintenance time? Then include some spectacular flowering shrubs, many that also contribute dazzling foliage. A colorful PowerPoint will introduce you to some terrific shrubs as well as their care.

Hydrangeas Demystified – Great Hydrangeas and Tips for Exceptional Flowering. Unravel the mystery for having honkin’ Hydrangeas that will be the envy of the neighborhood. This vast genus of shrubs is divided into five groups. Knowing the differences and how to maximize the show from each will be discussed as well as top-performing cultivars. The talk includes how to care and prune these beauties.

Right Plant, Right Spot! Being a better matchmaker makes for a happier gardener. Marrying plants to their cultural requirements results in less work for you plus healthier, showier plants that also winter- over better. When planting in a tough location, call in workhorse perennials that will rise to the challenge! In this class we will cover the nuts and bolts of correct site assessment, matching plants to the location, and 'tough love' plants that thrive in hell-strip environments.

10 Tips for Growing Beautiful, Sustainable Flower Gardens. This eye-opening program includes practical design tips, maintenance and plant care practices, and plant selections that yield exceptional results, both for gardeners and the environment. Topics include soil care 101; organic fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides & herbicides; water-saving practices; design ideas for extremely low-demand landscapes; plant ‘switcheroos’; native plants and more.

Design Tips for Knockout, Easy-Care Gardens. Gorgeous, low-maintenance gardens are no accident. Learn proven design tricks for sensational gardens that will be the talk of the neighborhood. Topics include selecting great plants, incorporating focal points, vertical interest, sustainable practices, natural repellants, the how's and when's of using fertilizer, and more.

The Art of Shade Gardening - Seeing Your Way Out of the Dark. Shade gardening need not be frustrating. This talk will introduce enchanting perennials, flowering shrubs and annuals for spring, summer and fall color. The presentation also includes design tips and how to care for these beautiful gardens.

Outrageous Foliage Plants! Discover how a plant's form and foliage colors, shapes, textures, size and more can play a dramatic role in creating stunningly beautiful gardens. And the bonus, if not the main attraction, is that these gardens require little maintenance! PowerPoint features showy perennials, shrubs and annuals.

Not Tonight Deer. Are you 'fed' up with your gardens being munched by Bambi? This enlightening talk will focus on perennials, shrubs and annuals that are low, or nil, on their buffet list. Also covered will be defensive tactics to hold them at bay.

Creating an Ever-Blooming, Low-Maintenance Garden: Garden Design 101. Learn easy to implement steps for creating ever-blooming gardens that are also less maintenance. Topics include site assessment (i.e., light, soil, backdrop, water); plant selection for continuous blooms spring through fall; design principles and techniques for beautiful, harmonious beds; arranging plants based on mature heights; creating focal points; incorporating bulbs & annuals; plus drafting a design to scale and building a plant list.

Flashy Plants for Outstanding Fall Color. This information-packed talk will introduce you to some great perennials, from chrysanthemums and asters to alliums and anemones, as well as shrubs, annuals and bulbs that carry the fall show in your gardens. Instead of asking for a curtain call, you will be crying for an encore! The lecture also includes some timely tips for jump-starting more glorious gardens next year.

Design Tips Shared from Before and After Garden Renovations. This eye-opening PowerPoint features landscape transformations at Perennially Yours over the past decade. The gardens have been featured in national magazines including Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Garden Gate and Better Homes and Gardens (SIP). The gardens’ evolution reflects goals to create a more sustainable, organic and lower maintenance landscape with increased year-round structural interest. The talk includes design tips as well as recommended perennials, shrubs and annuals for months of dazzling color.

Putting Your Gardens to Bed for the Winter and Waking Them Up in the Spring - Some Time-Tested Tips. Learn valuable, sought-after tips for wintering over your gardens with minimal loss. Topics include how and when to cut back your flowers, which plants shouldn't be cut back, winterizing roses, planting spring-blooming bulbs and more PLUS simple steps to jump-start your gardens in the spring.

Tips for Jump-Starting Your Gardens. Ramp up your garden's performance this summer with these proven spring primers. I'll cover key steps to do in April, May, and June that will reap magnificent, lowermaintenance gardens. Topics include fertilizers, mulches, pruning, plant choices, weed control, deer and rabbit repellants, and more. Plan to ask your nagging gardening questions and get the answers before another season begins.

Seasonal Garden Care for Gorgeous, 'Well behaved' Gardens. Despite what may appear as a dry, tedious topic, this lecture receives rave reviews! This lively and entertaining presentation will provide time-saving secrets for a garden's routine care and upkeep including pruning, deadheading, fertilizing, mulching, cutting back the garden in fall and more. Organic methods are emphasized. This presentation will transform your approach to garden care and put precious time back in your pocket!

Hellstrip Gardening. I will spotlight some of the toughest, top performing plants for those tough to garden areas including dry shade, slopes, poorly drained areas and hot, baking sites. Of course these beauties will also thrive in less stressful locations. No matter where you put them, they will make your gardens beautiful.

Spring Bloomers that Add ZING to Your Landscape! Push aside Old Man Winter and the winter blues with these colorful harbingers of spring. These no-nonsense plants will shatter the common misconception that spring is only 'mud season' in northern climates. NOT SO! Discover some terrific perennials, bulbs and herbs for early color as well as tips for jump-starting your gardens for a knockout display spring through fall.

Creating Stunning English Gardens with Yankee Practicality. Learn great design tips and plant combinations from the gardens of Adrian Bloom, an award-winning garden designer and author from Dis, England. This instructional PowerPoint features a collection of inspiring photographs taken while I stayed at Bressingham Manor, a B & B in the heart of Adrian’s magnificent seven acres of gardens. The lecture focuses on perennials, shrubs, bulbs, grasses, conifers and annuals hardy for the Northeast, a