Nita-Jo Rountree
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Overview
3205 102nd Ave. N.E. Bellevue, Washington 98004Nita-Jo is a Seattle-based garden designer and educator. Active in the Northwest Horticultural Society, she has developed numerous programs and spearheaded the NHS displays at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
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Description
Speaker Bio:
- Past President of the Northwest Horticultural Society
- Lifetime Georgia Master Gardener
- Owner of LeGrand Gardens, a landscape design and installation company in Atlanta until moving to Seattle in 2001
- Speaker at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
- Featured on the HGTV television show, “Gardening by the Yard”
- Frequent guest on the radio show, “Gardening With Ciscoe” in Seattle
- Personal garden featured in Pacific Northwest Magazine
- Atlanta garden featured in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Magazine
- Speaker at numerous gardening clubs and organizations
Topics
Lecture Topics:
- Amazing Annuals—Big Bangs for the Bucks New and unusual as well as tried and true, annuals are not just for containers; use them in your planting beds as well. Photos and descriptions of a variety of annuals used in combinations with mixed beds and containers will illustrate uses.
- Welcoming and Designing Roses into Your Garden--Roses--they're not just for rose beds anymore! Learn how to successfully incorporate a variety of roses into your mixed beds and landscape. Garden design principles and how to apply them so you can include these beauties in your garden will be highlighted.
- Planting Combinations—What’s Hot and What’s Not Rules of garden design help you learn how to combine plantings in borders and containers. Photos of numerous examples will give you ideas and plant choices.
- Hydrangeas—What, How, Wow! Go beyond your grandmother's hydrangeas and discover a world of exciting cultivars and species. Learn how to successfully care for and grow these showy and versatile beauties. Nita-Jo will review flower color, cultural requirements, bloom time, pruning, and inspire you with design tips.
Locations
Based in Pacific Northwest
Photo Gallery
Audience Reviews
Hydrangeas: What How WOW!
Marcie Kindinger from Seattle, WA - 11/22/2010 13:29:40
Nita Jo is a wonderful speaker, full of energy and Southern charm. She researched this topic from personal experience and expert texts to present a topic full of information and valuable pruning and care tips. Speech was richly embellished with photographs. The whole club enjoyed her immensely!
Hydrangea Wow!
Debra Prinzing from Seattle, Washington - 11/18/2010 01:09:07
Nita-Jo's presentation on growing and designing with Hydrangeas was inspiring and educational. Not a single facet of this genus was left out and the members of West Seattle's Endolyne Garden Club were mesmerized by her presentation. A great talk by a well-informed speaker!
Charming and Entertaining
Janet Endsley from Mill Creek, WA - 07/15/2010 13:12:54
Nita-Jo Rountree's seminars at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show are always infused with her Southern charm when she delights audiences about her favorite topics: roses and annuals. Beautifull illustrated with sumptuous photographs, many of her own gorgeous garden, her talks are always packed with useful information. Nita-Jo conveys her enthusiasm for gardening in a breezy, fun manner that adiences love.
