Recent presentations

2022

February 2. Using natives in small scale plantings and containers. Asheville Garden Club (via Zoom)

February 10. Using natives in small scale plantings and containers. Land of Sky Garden Club (via Zoom)

March 23. Spring Gardening Projects, NC Arboretum, Asheville (via Zoom) 

April 6.  Creating a pollinator-friendly garden.  Asheville GreenWorks, free by registration, via Zoom).

April 20. Creating an ecologically-sustainable garden, NC Arboretum, Asheville (via Zoom)  .

2021

March 3. Journeys through the Seasons: Keeping a Garden Blog. NC Arboretum (via Zoom).

March 15 and 18th. Tapping into the Creative Side of Gardening. NC Arboretum (via Zoom). 

April 13, Warm-season Vegetable Gardening. Transylvania County Master Gardener (via Zoom). 

April 15, Creating Small-scale Gardens and Containers with Native Plants.  Southern Appalachian Plant Society, Johnson City, TN (via Zoom),

April 20, Year-round Vegetable Gardening. NC Arboretum (via Zoom). 

April 24, Warm-season Vegetable Gardening. Reems Creek Nursery (via Zoom). 

May 12 and 19, (Re)visioning your Home Landscape.  NC Arboretum (via Zoom). 

June 12, Creating a native pocket meadow. Sowing Circle, Black Mountain Blooms, Via Zoom/Black Mountain library.

June 21, Creating a pollinator-friendly garden. Pollination Celebration, part of Asheville GreenWorks Beet City outreach.

2020

May 15, Warm Season Vegetables.  Reems Creek Nursery (via Zoom), Weaverville, NC.

May 13,   Spring Gardening Projects  NC Arboretum (via Zoom), Asheville, NC.

May 16, Creating a Pocket Meadow, Reems Creek Nursery (via Zoom), Weaverville, NC.

May 19, Tapping into the Creative Side of Gardening, NC Arboretum (via Zoom), Asheville, NC

June 17, Creating a naturalistic landscape. NC Arboretum (via Zoom) Asheville, NC.

2019

March 13. Spring Gardening Tasks. NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC

March 17. Native Plant Gardening in Small Gardens and Containers. Botanical Gardens at Asheville, Asheville, NC

March 23. Creating a Pocket Meadow. Walnut Creek Preserve, Tryon

March 27 . Creating a Pocket Meadow. NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC

April 8. Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Garden. Spartanburg Regional Library

April 18. Designing with Native Plants. NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC

Oct. 18. Creating a Rain Garden. NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC

Nov. 5. Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Garden. Greenville Council of Garden Clubs, Greenville, SC

Nov. 12. Year-round Vegetable Gardening. Transylvania Master Gardeners, Brevard, NC

Nov. 14. Tapping into the Creative Side of Gardening. Green Blades Garden Club. Tryon, NC

2018

March 7. Creating a Native Woodland Garden.  Asheville Garden Club, Asheville, NC

March 15. Gardening for Pollinators. NC Arboretum, Asheville

March 19. Creating a Native Woodland Garden. Transylvania Master Gardeners Spring Symposium, Brevard, NC

May 22, Creating a Pocket Meadow, NC Arboretum, Asheville

Sept. 29  Creating a Native Woodland Garden, NC Arboretum, Asheville

Oct. 2   Creating a Pocket Meadow Men's Garden Club, Asheville

Oct 5  Creating a Native Woodland Garden, Macon County Library, Franklin

Nov. 9  Wildlife in the Garden, NC Arboretum, Asheville

2017

March 2. Creating a Native Woodland Garden.  Tryon Garden Club.

March 6. Creating a Landscape that You Love. Spartanburg Garden Club

March 16. Creating a Pollinator-friendly Garden. Southern Appalachian Botanical Society. Kingsport, TN.

April 2. Designing with Native Plants: a Naturalistic Approach. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.

May 2. Tapping into the creative side of gardening. NC Arboretum, Asheville

May 13. Gardening for Nature. Green Blades Garden Club. Tryon, NC.

Sept. 2. Designing with Native Plants: a Naturalistic Approach. Botanical Gardens at Asheville, Asheville, NC. (

2016

Feb. 11. Native Plants for Pollinators.  Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association symposium, Richmond, VA

Feb. 26. Creating an Attractive and Sustainable Kitchen Garden.  NC Arboretum, Asheville

Apr. 14. Pocket meadow creation for pollinators.  UNC workshop, Winston-Salem, NC

Apr. 20. . Introduction to Gardening with Herbs.  NC Arboretum, Asheville

May 2. Creating a Garden Full of Life: Gardening for Nature. Quarterly Lecture, Foothills Association of Master Gardeners, Isothermal Community College, 

June 25. Creating a Pollinator-friendly Garden. Botanical Gardens at Asheville

July 5. Designing with Plants: a Naturalistic Approach. NC Arboretum, Asheville