Dreaming of the ultimate flower garden in your very own yard—but not sure how to get started?
Take the mystery out of flower gardening as expert gardener and author of The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide Jenny Rose Carey sheds light on how to create your own flower garden, how to keep it going from year to year, and how to choose plants that provide the most spectacular effects. Explore color combinations, planting your favorite flowers to cut and enjoy, and much more as you stroll through the Gardens for inspiration.
Location
The Visitor Center Auditorium and Throughout the Gardens
Instructor
Jenny Rose Carey
Jenny Rose Carey is an avid hands-on gardener and professional horticulturist. Born in England to a family of botanists and gardeners she grew up in the countryside and designed her first herb garden at age sixteen. She moved with her American husband to the Philadelphia area and has gardened there ever since. Her degrees are in Biology, Horticulture and Education so Jenny Rose brings a strong teaching background to her writing and her presentations. Professionally she has been Director of two public gardens; The Ambler Arboretum of Temple University and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Garden at Meadowbrook Farm. She is now devoting her time to writing, speaking, and tending her own four-and-a-half-acre garden called Northview where she has lived for over a quarter of a century.
