Happily, it was a lovely day when the Hardy Plant Society Mid-Atlantic Group came to Brush Hill and. after touring the garden, enjoyed a box lunch picnic. Janice Thomas organized the event and the group came mostly from Pennsylvania and Delaware where my husband grew up. They arrived in a huge bus that somehow roared …
Read moreHardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group Visit — July 18, 2019
A happy day of sunshine, a rare event this year, for the visiting group of Detroit Master Gardeners, on Saturday morning, June 22. They arrived more than an hour earlier than planned so I was barely able to rip off my dirty jeans in time to put on clean clothes and race off on my …
Read moreDetroit Master Gardeners Visit Brush Hill June 22, 2019
Thursday, June 13th was a rainy day and cold, but it stopped by the time I arrived here at the Visitors Center, new built and opened, of the Greenwich Historical Society in Cos Cob, Connecticut. I arrived earlier than the 6 PM door opening to be greeted by the wonderful Director of Education, shown with …
The day defied the weather forecasters and proved to be beautiful for a visit from a group of Garden Comm members and friends. They were once called the Garden Writers and I have no idea why the name was changed. A delightful group organized by Ellen Ecker Ogden shown above on the left with another …
Read moreJune Garden Visit from Garden Comm (formerly Garden Writers) — June 6, 2019
Kathryn Boughton wrote a delightful article in advance of my book talk for the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon in Berkshire Style, a web based publication sharing news about happenings in and around the Berkshires. You can read the article here
On a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon, my long time admired and dear friend, Areta Warren invited me to speak at the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon, Connecticut for their Sunday afternoon series. Areta is a member of the Library’s board. My book talk was first scheduled for early March but cancelled at the last moment due …
What a delight to deliver my book talk to the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons at the Bridgehampton Inn on Sunday afternoon, April 14. Here I am above with the President, Alicia Whitaker who kindly introduced me to a special group of supporters invited to this event, also giving my book review in that weekend’s …
Read moreHorticultural Alliance of The Hamptons — April 14, 2019
Marie Williams was kind enough to invite me to speak to the Knollwood Garden Club at their meeting held at the Greenwich Botanical Center in Cos Cob, Connecticut. You can see Marie above in pink with me and the Club President, Carolyn Nielsen. Carolyn first conducted their business meeting with reports from the members …
Read moreKnollwood Garden Club at the Greenwich Botanical Center — April 11, 2019
I was delighted to be asked by Christopher Carduff, the book editor of the Wall St. Journal, to write this year’s spring round up of gardening books, as I did last year. It came out on the weekend edition and you can read it here. Happy that the first book I reviewed, Saving Central Park, …
I was delighted to be invited to speak about my book at The Elizabeth Park Conservancy to a very engaged audience. Christine Doty, the President and C.E.O., introduced me and thanked me afterwards by presenting me with the gorgeous orchid you see above. Elizabeth Park is on Asylum Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut and features …