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Speaker
Lucy Hardiman
Writer, designer & author, Intimate Gardens
Lucy Hardiman was to the garden born. As a fifth generation Oregon gardener, most of her childhood memories revolve around the cycles and seasons of the garden. She is the owner and principle designer of Perennial Partners, a landscape design firm specializing in mixed borders, containers, color, small spaces and bold plantings. She is a past president of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon and her garden has been featured in numerous publications. She is the co-author of Intimate Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, 2005) and is on the Great Plant Picks perennials committee. A popular lecturer, teacher, and author, Hardiman is a contributing editor for Horticulture magazine, pens a column for Northwest Garden News and writes for Fine Gardening and Pacific Horticulture.
Seminars/Events
Bodacious Borders
Creating Artful & Exciting Plant Combinations
Wednesday February 3rd at 2:30 pm
The way we combine plants defines our personal garden style. As garden artists we find inspiration in gardens of all types, from formal and clipped, to naturalistic and rustic. Refine your palette as we explore ways plants reveal the intent of the garden creator.