Andover Garden Club Meeting Presents "The Right-Size Flower Garden"

Kerry Ann Mendez believes that the "bigger is better" school of gardening has given way to the "small is beautiful” viewpoint. People are busy, they are aging, and the demands of a garden can feel overwhelming. What to do? Make smarter use of the space we have and the plants we select.

Mixing humor with practical tips for creating low-maintenance high impact gardens, at the first Andover Garden Club meeting of the club year, Mendez will share the dramatic personal experience that drove her to downsize her own gardens and develop her recipe for a right-size, low-maintenance, and drought-tolerant garden. The goal is to ditch 50 percent of the work by choosing high-value plants and making simple design changes; the result is a more manageable garden that a gardener can fall in love with again.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM, at South Church, 41 Central Street, Andover MA 01810. The event will begin with social time and refreshments, followed by a brief business meeting and the presentation. The $10 donation requested for guests includes refreshments.

About the Presenter

Kerry Ann Mendez owns Perennially Yours (http://pyours.com), a garden lecturing, design, and consulting business located in Kennebunk, Maine. She focuses on time-saving gardening techniques, workhorse plant material, and organic practices appropriate for today’s busy lifestyles. In 2014 Mendez was awarded the Gold Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and her gardens have been featured in national magazines, including Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Garden Gate, and Better Homes and Gardens. She is the author of three gardening books, her most recent being The Right-Size Flower Garden (St. Lynn's Press, 2015).

About the Andover Garden Club

Founded in 1927, the Andover Garden Club (www.andovergardenclub.org) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that encourages the study and practice of horticulture, landscape design, and floral design; aids in the beautification of the town of Andover; and helps protect and conserve natural resources. A member of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., the club provides both financial and hands-on support to a variety of municipal, educational, and environmental organizations throughout the region.

The Andover Garden Club welcomes news members, and information about joining is available from AGC is available from AGC membership chairs Anne Collins (978-681-8052, collinsak14@verizon.net) and Donna Rudolph (978-475-7165, dlabsuper49@aol.com).

(Photo courtesy of Perennially Yours.)