Connecticut

Danbury

Camilla Worden

• Title: Owner
• Company: Camilla Worden Garden Design LLC

Danbury, CT 06810

Phone: 203-790-9809

Email: camillaworden@sbcglobal.net

Website: www.camillaworden.com

Topics: Ecological Landscaping

Description: Understanding nature is important in making us better stewards of our land. Learn how to "do no harm" from a NOFA-accredited landcare professional.

Availability: any time

Fees: to be determined

Newtown

Brid Craddock

• Company: Heirloom Gardens, LLC

Phone: 203-241-0301

Email: bridcraddock@yahoo.com, harve9@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.hgllc.us

Topics: Border Basics for Beginners, Planting for the Deer Resistant Gardens, Perennial Border for All Seasons

Description: One and two hour lectures with Powerpoint slide show

Availability: Available evenings throughout the year, day and evening December through March.

Fees: Fees $200 plus travel and associated expenses

Wilton

Teresa Mucci

Title: Landscape Designer

Company: Larry Weaner Design Associates

Wilton, CT 06897

Phone: 203-834-0174

Fax: 215-720-5300

Email: teremucci@optonline.net

Website: www.Lweanerdesign.com

Topics: Natural Landscape Design: Meadows,Woods & Water.

Wildflower Meadows: Lets Get Real.

Native Perennials in the Garden: Border or Ground Layer.

Back Yard Rain Gardens.

Planning for the Unplanned.

Description: Environmentally correct Landscape design, planning, restoration and installation

Availability: dates upon request.

Fees: $500

Maine

Massachusetts

Acton

Dori Smith M. Ed.

Company: Gardens For Life

Acton, MA 01720

Phone: home office: 978-635-1145 mobile: 978-835-5568

Email: dsmith@newview.org

Website: http://www.gardensforlife.net/

Topics: “Naturally Beautiful Gardens;” “Rain Gardens: Creative Water-Saving Solutions;” and “Beautiful Plants to Feed the Birds”.

Description: Dori Smith, M. Ed., Gardens for Life, is a landscape designer, writer, and photographer based in Acton, MA.

Availability: Call

Fees: Negotiable

Amesbury

Nanette Masi

Title: Owner

Company: Back to Nature

Amesbury, MA 01913

Phone: 978-388-8544

Cell: 978-790-5329

Email: nanette@bringnaturehome.com

Website: www.bringnaturehome.com

Topics: Feel Good About Your Turf: Easy Lawn Care in Harmony With Nature

Bring Nature Home: Attracting Birds with Native Plants

Made in the Shade: Choice Natives for Demanding Spaces

Your Backyard as Organic Oasis

Gardening for Butterflies

The Zen of Gardening: Creating Tranquil Spaces

Kid Gardens! Unique Little Gardens That Kids Will Love...

Make A Change for the Better: Beautiful Native Plants vs. Ornamental Invasives

Description: Nanette Masi, founder of "Back to Nature", is happiest creating wildlife gardens at her home by the banks of the Merrimack River in Amesbury, MA. Nanette has a degree in botany and ecology. She is a naturalist with a masters degree in Science Education. Nanette is a regular educational speaker for watershed groups, schools, gardening clubs, town-sponsored symposia, and regional conferences. As a certified plant-aholic, she provides intuitive ecological planning and wildlife habitat gardens through the use of native and sustainable plant communities. She is currently participating in a pilot Wildlife Inventory Program with New England Discovery and established a Schoolyard Habitat at a local elementary school."

Availability: Call for openings

Fees: Please contact

Framingham

A. Scott LaFleur

Company: New England Wild Flower Society

Framingham, MA 01701

Phone: 508-877-7630 X3404

Email: slafleur@newenglandWILD.org

Website: www.newenglandWILD.org

Topics: Go Native, Suburban Natives, Coastal natives, Garden emotions, Gardening practices to reduce climate change, Under the canopy, Making green while going green

Description: Director Of Horticulture, New England Wild Flower Society, Garden in the Woods

Availability: Please contact

Fees: Please contact

Lancaster

Russell Stafford

Title: owner

Company: Odyssey Bulbs

Lancaster, MA 01561

Phone: 508-335-8106

Email: russell@odysseybulbs.com

Website: www.odysseybulbs.com

Topics: Uncommon plants, bulbs, perennials, shrubs, trees, habitat gardening, pruning, invasive plants, native plants, sustainable gardens

Description: Illustrated lectures on a variety of topics by a lover and champion of uncommon and native plants and an advocate of their creative and sustainable use in the landscape. Owner of Odyssey Bulbs (catalog of rare bulbs) and Discovered Gardens (earth-friendly design/maintenance firm), former head of horticulture at Fernwood Botanical Garden, writer for 'Horticulture' magazine and other publications, holder of M.F.S. in forest science, NOFA certified organic land care professional, all-around plant junkie.

Availability: by arrangement

Fees: negotiable

Lincoln

Robin Wilkerson

Company: Outside Information

Lincoln, MA 01773

Phone: 781-259-1110

Email: outsideinformation@comcast.net

Topics: Gardening with Native Plants, Garden Books - Old and New, Weeds, Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies, and Garden Journals.

Availability: Call or email

Fees: $250 to Garden Clubs, negotiable for non-profits

Mashpee

Michael Talbot

Title: President and Principal Consultant

Company: Michael Talbot & Associates, Inc.

Mashpee, MA 02649

Phone: 508-539-1912

Cell: 508-889-7171

Fax: 508-539-8865

Email: info@michael-talbot.com

Website: www.michael-talbot.com

Topics:- Overview of Ecological Land Care: Designing, Installing and Managing Landscapes in Harmony With Natural Principles

- Ecological Design: Creating Landscapes in Harmony with the Local Environment

- Sustainable Landscape Design (includes above)

- Landscaping for Wildlife and Year-Round Interest (includes bird, butterfly, meadow, wetland and other habitat gardens)

- Organic and Ecological Land Care for the Professional (may focus on turf care principally)

- Environmental Trends in Lawn, Tree and Landscape Care: What They Are and How to Incorporate Them

- Marketing Ecological Design and Land Care Services

- Conservation Restoration for Wetlands, Forests, Salt Marshes, Dunes and Riparian and Buffer Zones

- Incorporating Cutting-Edge Low Impact Design Principles into Your Design and Development Projects

Description: Michael Talbot is a nationally recognized lecturer who has provided PowerPoint and slide lectures, and other educational forums, on a wide range of horticultural topics to colleges, professional organizations (designers, contractors, lawn care practitioners, arborists, conservation professionals, etc.), environmental, conservation and lakes and ponds organizations, numerous garden clubs, homeowner and municipal groups, and so on. Michael is also an author of many articles in numerous publications and has developed training and teaching materials and manuals. He has consulted for a wide range of institutions, including providing land assessments, staff training and program development for both non-profits organizations and for-profit companies.

Availability: Year round.

Fees: Varies by type of organization.

Maynard

Lisa E. Bailey

Company: BayLeaf Studio

Maynard, MA 01754

Phone: 978.823.0935 studio

Email: lisa@bayleaf-studio.com

Website: http://www.bayleaf-studio.com

Topics: Healing and Therapeutic Gardens

Description: Elements of a therapeutic garden and examples of different types of therapeutic gardens

Availability: Please call

Fees: $175 plus travel if over 30 miles

Newburyport

Andi Ross

Title: Owner

Company: It's Nature's Way

Newburyport, MA 01950

Phone: 978-465-2585

Email: itsnature'sway4@aol.com

Website: www.naturegardenz.com

Topics: Organic Land Care

Garden Design

Color in the Garden

Balance in the Garden

Description: please contact

Availability: please contact

Fees: please contact

Osterville

The Garden Lady – C.L. Fornari

Osterville, MA 02655

Phone: 508-428-5895

Email: clfornari@gmail.com

Website: http://www.gardenlady.com

Topics: Practical gardening, plants, garden retail, stress reduction and inspiration.

Description: Looking for information and inspiration? C.L. Fornari believes it's all in your own backyard. When speaking to garden clubs or green industry groups that want practical knowledge, or other events where a motivational speaker is needed, I know my audiences want to be informed AND entertained. Whether I'm talking about plants, garden centers or using gardening as a metaphor for life, I speak with commonsense and a good deal of humor. Please see my website for a complete listing of topics and venues.

Availability: Call or email for available dates.

Fees: Please contact me for details.

Saugus

Laura Eisener

Title: owner

Company: Laura D. Eisener Landscape Design

Saugus, MA 01906

Phone: 781-231-5988

Email: LDELD@primushost.com

Topics: Native plants, landscape design, trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, vines, bulbs, garden rejuvenation.

Description: landscape designer, teacher at the Landscape Institute and New England Wild Flower Society, Massachusetts editor of People, Places, and Plants Magazine, recipient of silver medal from Mass. Hort. Society 2007, speaker to garden clubs and other groups since 1984.

Availability: throughout the Northeast, call to arrange.

Fees: $275 plus mileage for 1 hour lecture or discuss.

Spencer

Ellen W. Sousa

Company: Turkey Hill Brook Farm

Spencer, MA 01562

Phone: Please contact via email or website.

Email: Ellen@THBFarm.com

Website: http://www.THBFarm.com

Topics: Natural Habitat gardens, gardening for wildlife

Description: Highly visual presentations that illustrate New England habitat garden ideas and techniques, for all ages.

Availability: Please contact me.

Fees: Please contact me.

Sterling

Cathy Harragian

Company: Organic Garden Design

Sterling, MA 01564

Phone: 978-422-6217

Cell: 978-235-4885

Email: organicgardendesign@verizon.net

Website: www.organicgardendesign.us

Topics: Growing Apple Trees in your yard

Plantings when you Abut a Wetlands

Organic Lawncare

Growing Woodland Medicinals

Solving Challenges in the Suburban Yard

Description: Organic Garden Design helps homeowners work with the challenges that their property presents. Through thoughtful design, problems of new suburban yards can be solved. We address issues of soil compaction and nutrient poor soils. Organic Garden also maintains an apple orchard. As farmers and designers we work with suburban homeowners to build vegtable and fruit tree gardens while at the same time creating and maintaining beautiful garden beds. Do you abut a wetland, you can design a landscape that complements your home and the wetland.

Organic Landscape partners with the Intergenerational Institute at Worcester State College and the "School to Work" program for high school students in Worcester. We will be happy to speak about this developing program.

Availability: year round

Fees: variable depending on venue

West Newton

Paul Shoemaker

Company: Activacreas

West Newton, MA 02465

Phone: 617-964-7825

Email: paul@activacres.com

Website: http://www.activacres.com

Topics: General organic information under NOFA standards, Organic vegetable gardening, organic lawn care, Urban gardening, Nutrition, Soils, IPM.

Description: Workshops, Consultations

Availability: Open

Fees: $85/hour

New Hampshire

Hudson

Chester Mandrik

Title: CEO - Founder Yard Spice Organics LLC

Company: Yard Spice Organics LLC

Hudson, NH 03051

Phone: 603-595-8813

Cell: 603-557-5471

Email: cmandrik@yardspice.com

Website: www.yardspice.com

Topics: Chemical Trespassing; Organic Lawn Care; Why Organic, and Not chemicals; Organic Gardening; Insect Control using Mother Nature

Description: Chester Mandrik BS/OLS, Organic practitioner

Single or Series lectures on Organic Lawn and gardening. He is a member of NH-NOFA, Beyond Pesticides, Ecological Landscape Association, Concerned Scientist, EPA Partner and many other green organizations. Awarded a Congressional Citation in 2005, for his outstanding commitment to preserve our natural land ecology.

Availability: Reservations are needed

Fees: $100.00 up + travel fees, free to non profit organizations

New Jersey

New York

New Rochelle

Melanie Menachem-Riggs

Company: Landscape Design LLC

New Rochelle, NY 10804

Phone: 914-636-1413

Email: mmrgarden@optonline.net

Website: http://www.landcapedesignllc.com

Topics: Landscaping with perennials; Landscape Design; Going High in the Garden with Vines; Low Maintenance Gardening; And other gardening topics on request

Description: Slide lecture 50 minutes with Questions 10 minutes.

Availability: Call

Fees: $400-$700

New York

Colta Ives

Title: Curator

Company: Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY 10028

Phone: 212-650-2252

Email: colta.ives@metmuseum.org

Topics: History of Landscape Design; Gardens and Flowers in the art and lives of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters (e.g. Manet, Cezanne, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh)

Description: With graduate degrees in both Art History and Landscape Design, Colta Ives is Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she has organized numerous exhibitions including, most recently, "Romanticism and the School of Nature," "Gauguin:The Lure of the Exotic" and "Vincent van Gogh:The Drawings." She has taught as Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and lectures widely in America and abroad. She gardens in the Berkshires.

Availability: On request

Fees: Flexible

Oyster Bay

Vincent Simeone

Title: Lecturer, garden writer, horticulturist

Oyster Bay, NY 11771

Phone: 516-922-6189

Cell: 516-459-1658

Email: vasimeone@aol.com

Website: www.vincentsimeone.com

Topics: Woody Plants selelction, care and culture, IPM, Garden design, Four Season gardening, Evergreens as screens, Deer Resistant Plants, Flowering trees and shrubs.

Description: I can provide a wide variety of lectures on general gardening topics, IPM, Tree and shrub selection for the garden, four season gardening, winter gardening, landscaping with native woody plants and much more. Many of my lectures provide information on innovative garden trends and new and exciting plant varieties. I have three books published, Great Flowering Landcape Shrubs, Great Flowering Landscape Trees and Wonders of the Winter Landscape. In 08', my next book on Great Landscape Evergreens will be published. Please visit my website at www.vincentsimeone.com for more information.

Availability: Weekends, evenings, select weekdays year round

Fees: $300-$700

Pelham

Richard Heller, CLP

Title: CEO

Company: Greener by Design

Pelham, NY 10803

Phone: 914-637-9870

Fax: 914-470-2112

Email: rheller@greenerdesigns.com

Website: www.richardeheller.com

Topics: Greenroofs, Eco-friendly design and garden care, how to become a green business.

Description: Having built more than 23 acres of green roof, and spearheading the transition of the landscape industry to truly "green" practices, Richard Heller is available as a consultant and speaker to those interested in learning more about green roofs, green business, the green industry, and transitioning to sustainable practices in business.

Fees: sliding scale

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

Barrington

Mary Anne Brady

Title: Owner

Company: Cranesbill Garden Design & Nursery

Barrington, RI 02806

Phone: 401-245-5367

Cell: 401-474-7546

Fax: 401-245-8282

Email: brady@fctvplus.net

Website: www.cranesbillnurseryri.com

Topics: Hardy Geraniums; Garden Art; Trees in the Winter

Description: Garden Design, installation, maintenance

expert pruning, and a nursery carrying about 80 varieties of Hardy Geraniums.

- Hardy Geraniums - a great introduction to the many varieties and growth patterns of Hardy Geraniums.

- Tree in Winter - a real look at the structure of trees, how to analyse their health and need for pruning or care. Learning to appreciate what trees offer us.

- Garden Art - a fun talk (great in winter) on how 'art' is a personal topic, what's art for some is trash for others. A really fun talk.

Availability: During the winter, very available, in growing season, evenings

Fees: $100.00 per hour of powerpoint presentation

Bristol

Brooke Merriam

Title: Landscape Designer/Owner

Company: Sunflower Designs

Bristol, RI 02809

Phone: 401-525-0634

Cell: 401-525-0634

Fax: 401-396-9867

Email: brookemerriam@yahoo.com

Topics: Xeriscape

Description: I offer a Power point presentation on the priciples and practice of Xeriscape that is applicable for both landscape professionals and garden clubs or homeowners. I offer both a lecture style presentation and a workshop with design activities.

Availability: Please contact

Fees: Please contact

Kingston

Priscilla Purinton

Title: President

Company: Container Gardens Galore

Kingston, RI 02892

Phone: 401-688-0678

Cell: 401-688-0678

Email: PPurinton@aol.com

Topics: Early spring windowboxes

What's new in container gardening

Bog Gardening

Add a tropical touch to your containers

Autumn splendor in a pot

Description: Windowbox and container gardens created and maintained. Decorative indoor plants and floral work.

Availability: RI only

Fees: TBD

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