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Mendez speaks at US Botanic Garden
I had a fabulous time speaking at the U.S. Botanic Garden earlier this month. It was sunny and in the high 70’s. What a change from Maine. The cherry trees were past their peak, but the redbuds, crabapples, snowball viburnums, fothergilla, epimediums and more created a riot of color! If you have never visited the…
Read MoreGarden and Landscape Consultations
The warming weather has generated a flurry (oops, bad word) of requests for home garden and landscape consultations. I’m (Kerry Ann Mendez) finally starting to schedule appointments for May and June in southern Maine, North Conway and southern New Hampshire, and the Boston area. I hope to add additional regions as the season progresses. I…
Read MoreBeware of MISLEADING Mail Order Catalogs!
ARRGH! I can’t take it anymore! The photo on the right is how I feel right now, or when I don’t have my coffee in the morning (photo taken at the Philadelphia Flower Show). I’ve got to let off steam about awful and misleading mail order catalogs. Color enhanced plant photos have always been an irritation. …
Read MoreWinter Shrub Pruning
Gardeners’ hands start twitching in February as we anticipate digging in warming soil, just a month or so away. What to do with busy hands? I know. How about pruning some of your deciduous summer and fall blooming shrubs that have put on a ‘tad too much weight’ in recent years, or totally overgrown their…
Read MoreThe Right-Size Flower Garden is in Bookstores!
I’m pinching myself – and that’s not to stay awake with the busy speaking and travel schedule I’ve begun. My new, bouncing baby book, The Right-Size Flower Garden, is finally in my hands. And what a beauty it is, if I must say so myself. I spent many long hours bringing this one to fruition…
Read MoreThe Pollution Solution
The Pollution Solution Hides In Plain Sight By: Sergio A. Mendez, Perennially Yours Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins raises a glass of tap water before drinking it during a news conference in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking…
Read MoreNo Problem Gardening: Simple, Realistic, More Enjoyable
No Problem Gardening: Simple, Realistic, More Enjoyable I am very excited to announce the upcoming release of my new book, The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices (St. Lynn’s Press, February, 2015) In this new book I reveal the keys to continue enjoying glorious gardens despite our…
Read MoreHo Ho Ho and Three Holiday Pugs!
My twin sister and I were having a grand time last Sunday participating in the famous Christmas Prelude event (HGTV featured this event as the #2 Christmas Town in America) when we happened upon Ho, Ho and Ho (these were not their actual names). Our hearts melted! Will yours?
Read MorePre-Orders have begun for The Right-Size Flower Garden
The presses are rolling and pre-orders have begun! My new book, The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The hardcover, 192-page, four-color book retails for $18.95. The book is scheduled to be available on February 16, 2015, if not sooner.…
Read MoreNEW! The RightSize Flower Garden
THE RIGHT-SIZE FLOWER GARDEN My new book, the Right-Size Flower Garden: Simply Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices, will be out February, 2015. This four-color, 175-page, hardcover is being published by St. Lynn’s Press. I wrote this book after my own journey of right-sizing gardens to fit my changed lifestyle after…
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