Donna Williamson
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Overview
POB 252, Clear Brook, VA 22624Let's try a beautiful landscape with less maintenance. From easier rose gardens to restoring woodlands and meadows, covering the ground with beautiful, appropriate, and companionable plants is my passion!
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Additional Information
Description
After changing careers in mid-life, I am having more fun than I can describe! As a master gardener, owner of a garden design company, and gardening coach, I have had the opportunity to teach classes in design and started a gardening magazine called Grandiflora Mid-Atlantic Gardening (which sadly failed after 10 issues). My book on gardening in Virginia is a basic how-to with some of the real world tips I could have used starting out. Recently, I have been able to branch out into developing meadows and building/restoring woodlands for several clients and it is a delight. Just today, in one of these meadows, I saw a Baltimore Oriole. What a treat! I love big, bold perennials for sunny locations, and magnolias for any place. For shady locations, I love texture and the interplay of colors. Disease resistant, beautiful, and fragrant roses are dear to my heart. Reducing the chore part of gardening and thinking ahead to make things easier is my goal.
Topics
Most of my talks are about how to make things easier...with the right sized tree, easy care roses, and great groundcovers. Here are a few recent presentations:
- Raised beds and containers for Easy Veggies
- Small trees for homeowners
- Ornamental grasses for everyone
- Building a meadow
- Annuals for season long color
- Low maintenance design for homeowners
- Native plants made easy
- Using woody plants as groundcovers
- Bulbs are for everybody
- Shade gardens can be exciting
- Best roses for mid-Atlantic growers
Presentations are created specifically for the group and I bring my own equipment. Talks last from 45-60 minutes and questions are encouraged. If your group purchases my book from the publisher, I am happy to sign copies. (Info oon this provided on request.)
Locations
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with easy access to mid-Atlantic locations
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Audience Reviews
Experienced, competent, delightful, helpful
Michelle Foster from Paeonian Springs - 06/28/2010 22:39:17
My husband and I have had the good fortune to attend Donna's presentations; I have also taken her class. She is an insightful speaker who presents new ideas in ways that make sense. Her broad experience informs her presentations. While her underlying theory is sound (and fascinating) she brings pictures and case studies to show how they play out in reality. Donna is a wonderful, clear, articulate and thoughtful speaker. We hope you have the chance to hear her, too.
