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| BACKYARD FOOD GARDENING - Growing some of your own food may not be as difficult as you believe. This colorful and instructive lecture will cover general planting and care information for including suitable, nutritious vegetables, fruits, herbs, and nut trees into your home landscape. Whether you are gardening in containers on a small patio or have acres of land at your disposal, there will certainly be something delicious that you will want to try growing after attending this fun talk. |
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| BEST GARDEN
PLANTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA – This lecture recommends
some of the best landscape plants that are sure to thrive
in the Old North State for both new gardeners and newly transplanted
gardeners. Many of these plants will be old familiar friends,
and a large number are native plants, but none will be invasive
or too difficult to grow successfully. |
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CHANGE
HOW YOU GARDEN -- It is time to reevaluate your landscape
and your relationship with it. Let's plan sustainable
urban landscapes filled with healthy plants. Working with a holistic approach, we can create realistic gardens that are maintainable, water-wise, nature-friendly, and food-producing. This inspirational lecture is filled with practical suggestions to take home to your own outdoor habitat. |
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COMBINING
PERENNIALS – This lecture will illustrate
colorful successful combinations of perennials for everything
from sunny sites to shady niches. How to choose interesting
plants for texture, color, and leaf shape will be covered
as well as some hints for those personal touches that really
make a garden. |
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| FINE
VINES – Various vines and climbers add height, flower,
and foliage interest throughout the landscape in a unique
way, by traveling vertically. Vines lift the eye, frame
entrances, soften edges, and enhance ordinary buildings.
This popular lecture will encourage you to climb to
new heights while embellishing your own "de-vine"
garden. |
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GARDENING
AND SPIRITUALITY - This lecture explores the
interconnection between the garden as a place, and gardening
as an act of faith and worship. Religions around the world
depict paradise as a garden of various types, and enlightened
souls as residents and caretakers of that garden. When we
approach our personal gardens, large or small, with delight
and expectation, the experience can transform "sweat
equity" into "sweet ecstasy" within our own
piece of heaven! |
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| JAPANESE
GARDEN DESIGN – Pam’s photographs illuminate this
educational lecture detailing the various nuances of Japanese
garden design. With images of gardens in Japan
compared to many American Japanese-style gardens, this talk
covers basic landscape principles as well as the historical
and spiritual influences that helped create one of the most
peaceful and recognizable landscaping styles in the world. |
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| LE QUATRRO
STAGIONI ... THE FOUR SEASONS - With apologies to both Frankie
Valli and Antonio Vivaldi, this lecture isn’t about
music, in the traditional sense. It is about creating a harmonious
landscape that is beautiful, sustainable, and enjoyable throughout
the year. Experience all four seasons in this PowerPoint lecture
with beautiful imagery and choice plants to tempt you to create
your own year-round landscape. |
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LET’S
MIX IT UP - MIXED BORDER DESIGN - A mixed border containing
deciduous and evergreen trees, ornamental grass, shrubs, vines,
and decorative touches has distinct advantages over a simple
herbaceous planting bed. First, you can add year round excitement
introducing height, various textures, and colors that carry
your garden through the entire four seasons. Second, the woody
plants may cut some of the time and labor involved in caring
for a perennial bed. This lecture with Pam's photographs is filled with
ideas to embellish your own home landscape's mixed borders. |
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| MOVING
THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE - Movement through and around the landscape
is dictated by the paths and passageways, barriers and borders,
objects of interest, outstanding specimen plants, water features,
etc. that together create unforgettable garden rooms. This
PowerPoint lecture will show you how to incorporate some of these
tricks of landscape design to help your garden flow. |
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PERSONALITY
IN THE GARDEN - Attractive landscaping integrating your
home's style into the site with appropriate plantings and
colors is a goal for all of us, but often making your mark
in the garden means adding those personal touches like sculpture,
plaques, unique hardscaping, out buildings, and other flights
of fancy. This PowerPoint lecture is sure to tickle your funny
bone and encourage you to create an out-going garden. |
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| PLANTS
OF THE BIBLE - Many of the plants mentioned in the Old and
New Testament are surprisingly hardy and suitable to be grown
in our public and private Southeastern landscapes. This entertaining
inter-denominational PowerPoint lecture full of Biblical references,
art, history and folklore is frequently requested by both
social and religious groups desiring a deeper understanding
of the plants of the scriptures, or for planning a Biblical
garden of their own. |
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PLANTS
OF THE WINTER HOLIDAYS – Many plants have beautiful
legends and lore associating them with the stories of the
Advent and other winter holidays. This lecture give a fresh
look at the plants we use today, and remember from holidays
past, and is great topic for winter time meetings and banquets.
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| SMALL
SPACES GARDEN DESIGN - Whether you have a tiny lot to landscape or simply wish to make a large garden more manageable, your design challenges include creating the illusion of spaciousness while still maintaining privacy. This instructive lecture explores how to make the most of your intimate landscape through carefully chosen hardscape and plant material, tricks of perspective, and a bevy of fresh design ideas. |
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| WINTER
INTEREST IN THE LANDSCAPE - Your garden can delight the senses
all winter long with careful planning incorporating evergreen
foliage, fragrance, jewel-tone berries, captivating textures,
and colorful wintertime flowers. This popular lecture with
inspiring photographs will illustrate how to enhance your garden's
allure throughout the coldest months by exploring various
possibilities for extending the excitement in your landscape
from the first frosts of fall into late spring. |
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| WINTER
INTO SPRING – As the days warm and lengthen during spring,
drab winter landscapes give way to the riot of spring bulbs,
awakening grassy lawns, beloved small decorative trees, and
blooming shrubs. New shades of green, white, purple, pink
and gold burst onto the scene in our gardens. This is a time
of transition we anxiously anticipate all winter long, especially
after attending this lecture! |
