Ruah Donnelly: Plant Hunting (Open to the Public)
Posted on May 10, 2010 · Filed under: Events
| May 11, 2010 |
This free speaker event will feature Ruah Donnelly discussing plant hunting in the Northeast! The lecture will be held at the Maynard Public Library, 55 Nason Street, and is open to the public.
Topics may include:
- Growers and suppliers in New England offering unusual locally grown plants that will thrive in your garden.
- Specialty nurseries supplying beds and borders, container gardens, rock gardens, grass collections, ponds, woodlands, seashore gardens, shrubberies, and conservatories.
- Picturesque New England nurseries that are destinations in themselves, from family farms to fashionable greenhouses.
- Regional hybridizers of distinctive daylilies, hostas, iris, azaleas, orchids, and other horticultural treasures.
- Nursery locations, Web sites, e-mail addresses, and ordering information; maps and clear directions
- Nearby attractions, from historic sites and roadside diners to local destinations for gardeners
- A comprehensive index to plant sources in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
- A gardener’s guide to locating exotic annuals, dazzling perennials, native wildflowers, romantic roses, contorted conifers, medicinal herbs, rare bulbs, heirloom seeds, plant-hunters’ trophies, and the newest hybrids for gardens in New England.
Ruah Donnelly is a lawyer, garden writer, and well-known lecturer on the pleasures of plant-hunting. She is the author of The Adventurous Gardener: Where to Buy the Best Plants in New England, winner of a 2001 Quill & Trowel Book Award from the Garden Writers’ Association of America.
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