Events
I love to share my passion for gardening with others and offer presentations to garden clubs, nurseries, horticultural societies, trade organizations, and garden shows across the country. I also host a limited number of workshops and events in my own garden during the year as my travel schedule allows.
How to Book a Seminar or Workshop
Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in a presentation for your garden club or association. You may also download my latest speakers one sheet with suggestions for topics.
Unique, inspirational KEYNOTE ADDRESSES are also available and can be tailored to your audience.
Reviews
Read reviews from my previous seminars!
2020 Events
Home Gardener Day, Norfolk Botanical Garden, VA
Monday January 13th (11.25-12.20pm)
Foliage First: learn 3 key steps to transform your containers and landscapes from frumpy to fabulous
Power Point and book signing. Details and registration
MAHSC, Norfolk Botanical Garden. VA
Tuesday January 14th (9.30-10.30am)
Creating captivating Gardens: learn how to create a sense of mystery and intrigue in your garden.
PowerPoint and book signing. Details and registration
MAHSC, Norfolk Botanical Garden, VA
Wednesday January 15th (11am-12 noon)
8 Key Steps to Designing a Deer-Resistant Garden
PowerPoint and book signing. Details and registration
Edmonds Floretum Garden Club, WA
Monday January 27th (11.15am-12.15pm)
Foliage & Focal Points: ideas for gardens and budgets of all sizes
PowerPoint and Book signing
JeffCo Master Gardener Yard & Garden Lecture Series, Port Townsend, WA
Saturday February 1st (10am-noon)
Designing with Foliage First: The professional way to create outstanding containers, focal points, and vignettes.
PowerPoint and book signing
King 5 New Day Northwest with Margaret Larson
Wednesday February 5th (11am onwards)
Creating a Deer-Resistant Garden: Tune in to glean tips and design strategies, plus see what super-cool deer-resistant plants I show Margaret!
Cottage Gardeners Garden Club, Kirkland, WA
February 19th (7.30pm-8.30pm)
Deer-Resistant Drama.
PowerPoint and book signing
Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, WA
Saturday February 29th (1.00pm-2.00pm)
8 Key Steps to Designing a Fence-Free, Deer-Resistant Garden
PowerPoint and Book signing
Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, WA
Saturday February 29th (4.30-5.30pm)
Garden Jeopardy Round 2 – with Ciscoe Morris!
Come and cheer me on in this fun game show (and re-match)! Details
Landscape Design Students & Alumni, NYBG, New York – CANCELLED
Tuesday March 17th (10am-noon)
8 Key Steps to Designing a Deer-Resistant Garden
PowerPoint and book signing
Ozaukee Master Gardeners, Milwaukee, WI – CANCELLED
Thursday April 23rd (7-8pm)
Deer-Resistant Drama – Learn time-and taste-tested design strategies, tips, and tricks that will help you create a beautiful fence-free garden that thrives despite the deer.
PowerPoint and book signing
Molbaks Garden & Home, Woodinville, WA – CANCELLED
Sunday May 3rd (11am-noon)
Foliage & Focal Points: the Key Elements of Good Garden Design
PowerPoint and book signing
Secchia Garden Lecture, Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI – PENDING CONFIRMATION
Tuesday August 4th (7pm -8.15pm)
Foliage First – 3 easy steps to transform your landscape and container designs
PowerPoint and book signing
Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI – PENDING CONFIRMATION
Wednesday August 5th (10.30am-11.30am)
Deer-Resistant Drama – Learn time-and taste-tested design strategies, tips, and tricks that will help you create a beautiful fence-free garden that thrives despite the deer.
PowerPoint and book signing
Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI –PENDING CONFIRMATION
Wednesday August 5th (2pm-3.30pm)
The Squish Factor – Designing abundant Containers
Discover how to create big, bold, and bodacious designs every time – including tips for deer-resistant combinations. PowerPoint, show-and-tell of some of my favorite Proven Winners container candidates and book signing
GardenComm 2020 Symposium, Williamsburg, VA
August 10-13th (date and time TBD)
Turn your Book into a Multi-Faceted (& Money Generating) Business
PowerPoint.
Garden Tour, Delaware & Brandywine Valleys.
September 20th-27th
Gardens of the Brandywine & Delaware Valleys: The Best of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Statewide WSU Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference, Port Townsend, WA – POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
Friday October 2nd (4pm-5pm)
Deer-Resistant Design – Discover how to create a beautiful fence-free garden that thrives despite the deer and learn how best to both inspire and communicate these strategies and tips to home gardeners.
PowerPoint and book signing
Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club of Hansville, WA
Wednesday October 14th (10.45-11.45am)
Creating Captivating Gardens – learn how to create a sense of mystery and intrigue in your garden using light, movement, portals and much more. Using examples gleaned from my recent coast to coast travels (and beyond), I will offer a plethora of ideas for injecting a little magic into the landscape.
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society, Bellevue, WA
Wednesday October 21st (7-8pm)
Deer-Resistant Drama – Discover how to create a beautiful fence-free garden that thrives despite the deer
PowerPoint and book signing
2021 EVENTS
Northern Green, MN
Wednesday January 13th (10.40-11.50am and 2-3pm)
8 Key Steps to Designing a Deer-Resistant Garden – PowerPoint
Designing Sensational Containers Every Time – PowerPoint
Harbor Gardeners, Gig Harbor, WA
Tuesday February 2nd (1-2pm)
Deer-Resistant Drama
PowerPoint and book signing
Whidbey Gardening Workshop, WA (pending confirmation)
Saturday March 6th (time TBD)
Topic TBD
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County, NJ
Saturday March 13th (time TBD)
Foliage & Focal Points – ideas for gardens and budgets of all sizes (including a few deer-resistant strategies!)
PowerPoint and book signing. Details and registration
Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County Symposium, Spokane, WA (pending confirmation)
Saturday March 20th (noon-12.40pm and 2.14-3.15pm)
KEYNOTE: Creating Captivating Gardens
BREAKOUT SESSION (Design): Deer-Resistant Drama
Iowa Arboretum, Iowa
Saturday April 10th (10.30-11.30am and 1.15-2.15pm)
Deer-Resistant Drama – creating a fence-free garden that thrives despite the deer
Foliage & Focal Points – ideas for budgets and gardens of all sizes
Garden Tour, England
May 30th-June 11th (postponed from 2020)
Secret Gardens, Iconic Estates and Medieval Tales of Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Join us for a unique small-group tour of "our England". Full details and registration SOON!