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I am a HUGE fan of yours! I was hooked after I watched your Hydrangea video on YouTube. I lost my Grandmother in January and she was an amazing gardener. I have been struggling with her loss and wanted to create a wonderful garden that I know she would be proud of. I have ordered…
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I have been reading my way through Garden Design’s summer magazine. Given this issue has 149 AD-FREE pages and the publication’s dimensions (8.5” x 11”) are the largest of any garden magazine I know, I will be engrossed in this gorgeous magazine for months! Sadly, this is causing a dilemma with some of my other…
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Mark your calendars to join me and my well-known friend, Margaret Roach, for a great gardening program and silent art auction hosted by the Otsego County Master Gardeners in Cooperstown, NY. This fall symposium and gourmet luncheon will be held at the world-class Otesaga Resort Hotel on Saturday, September 30 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00…
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Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Last month I enjoyed strolling through some amazing gardens featured on the Cape Elizabeth Garden Tour (Cape Elizabeth, ME). One especially lovely seaside garden had an unusual looking plant that I had never seen before. The willow-like leaves reminded me of Tamarix. I learned it was Sea Buckthorn (photo right from…
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There truly is nothing like the Grand Garden Show at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan. Combine a remarkable, first-rate garden symposium, with escorted tours of magnificent private gardens all taking place in an idyllic island setting with no cars (only horse-drawn carriages and bicycles) and POOF…. You have a one-of-a-kind experience.…
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Kerry, I so enjoyed your presentation at the St Mary`s Garden Club meeting in Solomons, Md. I don’t like slide shows but yours was so enlightening! I clearly understood you and I wear hearing aids. Not a dull moment. So, so much great information. Thank you again. Lorraine, August 2017
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The inaugural Great Plants Symposium is going to be a blast – filled with great lectures, handouts, door prizes and delicious food. All of the symposium speakers are lively and engaging presenters, dedicated to giving audiences lots of practical and creative ideas. The Great Plants Symposium will be on Friday, October 6th from 8:30…
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Gladiolus ‘Atom’ ZOWIE! This is one dazzling Gladiolus! I remember helping my grandmother cut huge bouquets of these from her garden. Yet I was never a fan of “glads”. For some reason they always reminded me of funerals. My ‘cold shoulder’ melted when I saw a photo of Gladiolus ‘Atom’ in a magazine. Last winter…
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Supertunia ‘Lovie Dovie’ I have found a new love. Supertunia ‘Lovie Dovie’ has exceeded my wildest dreams for non-stop, flashy color that needs little input from me. I potted it up in May, added some slow release organic fertilizer (Espoma Plant-tone) and went on with my business. Other than providing water as needed, (it is…
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I am a landscape architect in Chicago (zone 5) and I just watched the replay of the vine webinar. Very informative! Juli
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