Your shade gardening book is so helpful!

By Kerry Mendez | August 17, 2017

I attended both of your lectures at the Maryland Master Gardeners Training Day, May 2017. Bought your book “Seeing Your Way Out of the Dark”. We live on a 2.5 acre wooded lot and your book was the information needed. Your beautiful book is creased and dog eared and loved. Thank you for inspiring me…

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You have inspired me with my Shade Garden

By Kerry Mendez | August 16, 2017

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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Fragrant Flowering Hosta

By Kerry Mendez | May 12, 2015
Hosta Royal Standard from Walters Gardens

Fragrant flowering hosta are the Oriental Lilies of the shade world. These scented ladies can be white or light lavender and start blooming in early, mid or late summer. Unlike fragrant roses, hosta blooms aren’t bothered by Japanese beetles. And there are no red lily beetles attacking them as they do Oriental Lilies like ‘Casa…

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