Scott's Fabulous Spring Foliage Spectacular
Join Scott’s Nursery, Saturday May 3rd for their “Fabulous Spring Foliage Spectacular.” Meet designer and author Penelope O’Sullivan and author and Landscape photographer Karen Bussolini for a day full of seminars, book signings, slide presentations, and strolls through the nursery gardens.
Karen Bussolini Chat with Penelope about “Picky Penny’s Perfect Plants” and Karen on how to use elegant silver foliage in your gardens. Spring has sprung at Scott’s Nursery. Lectures are at 11:00 am & 2:00 pm. Tickets are $ 25.00 for one lecture or $ 40.00 for the day.
Come share the day with the professionals. Ample parking, catered lunch, giveaways, plants, and more. Scott’s Landscaping and Nursery for all your gardening needs. (860) 350-8295
FABULOUS FOLIAGE: YEAR-ROUND COLOR WITH TREES & SHRUBS
by Penelope O’Sullivan
11:00am – Lecture and Book-signing
Author and designer Penelope O’Sullivan has written 12 books and numerous articles for magazines, including Country Home, Traditional Home, and Better Homes & Gardens (BH&G). Her latest book, The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook, covers all you need to know to buy and grow outstanding trees and shrubs in your garden. Penny also scouts gardens for BH&G and BH&G Special Interest Publications. She belongs to the American Conifer Society, Perennial Plant Association, and Garden Writers Association, for which she served as regional director. An engaging speaker on plants and garden design, Penny studied at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and at Radcliffe Seminars in Massachusetts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and art history from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in art history from the University of Delaware. She lives with her family in the seacoast region of New Hampshire.
Penny’s Lecture at Scott’s Landscaping & Nursery
Fabulous Foliage: Year-Round Color with Trees & Shrubs. New varieties of evergreen and deciduous woodies appear all the time, increasing the possibilities for striking plant combinations in the garden. But color and texture are potent design tools, and it takes some thought to use them well in the landscape. In this lecture, we explore color strategies, looking at some new shrubs and trees and a few old favorites for foliage interest throughout the year.
Penelope O’Sullivan’s: Books
- The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook:
The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Plants
Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA 2007 - Miracle-Gro Beautiful Perennials
Simple techniques to make your garden sensational
Meredith Books/Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA 2006 - All About Bonsai
Basic methods for raising miniature trees, and a guide to plant selection and care
Ortho Books/Meredith Corp., Des Moines IA, 2004 - Tips, Tasks & Timetables for a Beautiful Garden
A friendly, month-by-month guide with advice and ideas for gardens in Zones 3-6
Country Living Gardener/Hearst Books, New York, 2003 - All About the Easiest Flowers to Grow
A concise guide to growing 100 easy flowers, including 16 garden plans for varying conditions
Ortho Books/Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA 2001 - Garden Almanac: A Month-by-Month Guide
A friendly, month-by-month guide with advice and ideas for gardens in Zones 3-6
Country Living Gardener/Hearst Books, New York, 2000 - Color and Texture: Decorative expressions for today’s home
By Ann Rooney Hever, Jessica Elin Hirschman, Penelope O’Sullivan, Ellen Plante
Michael Friedman Publishing Group, New York 2000 - All About Shrubs and Hedges
Growing techniques, ideas, and easy landscape projects for 125 shrubs
Ortho Books/Meredith Corp., Des Moines, IA 1999 - Taylor's 50 Best Herbs and Edible Flowers
Favorite and uncommon herbs and edible flowers in an easy-to-use format
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1999 - Taylor's 50 Best Roses
A tempting glimpse of time-tested roses
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1999 - For Your Home: Stone and Marble
An inspiring look at stone in houses and gardens
By Penelope O’Sullivan, Michael Friedman/Barnes and Noble, New York, 1999 - For Your Garden: Garden Sheds and Potting Areas
Turn your shed, garage, or potting area into a garden asset
By Penelope O’Sullivan and Michael Friedman
Barnes and Noble, New York, 1998
Penelope O’Sullivan contributed to the following magazines:
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Traditional Home
- Country Home
- Country Gardens
- Perennials
- Flower Gardening
- Garden, Deck & Landscape
- Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living
- Garden Products & Planning Guide
- Simply Perfect Garden magazine series
- Window & Wall Ideas
- The Designer: Journal for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers
- FTD in Bloom
Penelope O’Sullivan contributed to the following books:
- All About the Easiest Roses to Grow (Ortho Books, Des Moines, IA, 2002)
- Sunset Northeastern Garden Book (Sunset Books, Menlo Park, CA, 2001)
- Garden Favorites: Designing with Herbs, Climbers, Roses, and Grasses (Michael Friedman, 1999)
DESIGNING WITH ELEGANT SILVERS
by Karen Bussolini
2:00pm – Lecture and Book-signing
Karen has been a gardener for as long as she can remember. She originally trained as a painter and had a career as an architectural photographer before specializing in garden photography, writing, and lecturing.
An active member of the Garden Writers Association, Karen has long been involved in organic, environmentally conscious gardening and has an abiding interest in herbs. She was the sole photographer for five books including Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden, which she co-wrote with Jo Ann Gardner.
Karen's best known for writing about personal garden experiences and her writing and photography appear frequently in:
- Garden Design
- House Beautiful
- Better Homes and Gardens
- The American Gardener,
- Connecticut Home and Garden
She has lectured at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, the New England Spring Flower Show, the Maymont Flower Show, and to other groups throughout the United States, and she won Garden Writers Association's photography awards in 2001, 2004, and 2007.
When photographing, she sees the world through the eyes of a gardener and painter. Although she travels far and wide, her roots are sunk deeply into the soil of a deer-infested mountainside in South Kent, Connecticut, where she gardens and lives with her family.
SCOTT’S LANDSCAPING & NURSERY
322 Kent Road (Route 7, North) • New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 350-8295
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