Older adults are more likely to select plants based on previous experience or past connections to a plant. This finding arose from my research as part of the NC Botanical Garden Native Plant Certificate program.
Gardening from Memory article published, Triangle Gardener magazine, September 2023. View full article.
Now I am serving as the chairwoman for the NEW Certified Master Naturalist Volunteer program for NC Cooperative Extension – Chatham and Durham counties.
Beginning in January 2024, this new venture brings NC Cooperative Extension together with some of the best environmental groups in the Triangle.
One of the advantages of gardening in the Piedmont is that we gardeners can aim to have something in bloom almost 12 months a year – but this takes some planning. Continue reading on The Local Reporter…
As gardens age, shady conditions take over. Where once you were gardening in full sun, you find now […]
Periodic reassessment of the garden is a necessary gardening task. Gardens change over time – and so do gardeners. Our tastes become more varied, plants fizzle out, what once charmed us no longer does, and we suddenly get interested in plants we never thought about in the past. Continue reading on The Local Reporter...
The Absentee Gardener 