Lecture Schedule 2024
4/2 Colonial Garden Club (Hollis, NH), The Garden Tourist’s Northeast, 10:00 am
4/2 Carlisle Garden Club (MA), Birdscaping: Home Sweet Habitat, 7:00 pm
4/3 15 Gardeners of Natick (MA), Designing Shady Retreats, 10:00 am
4/3 Mashpee Garden Club (MA), Gardens of the Gilded Age, 1:00 pm
4/4 Newport Public Library (RI), Designing Sunny Perennial Gardens, 6:00 pm, ZOOM
4/13 Heirloom Market at Comstock Ferre (Wethersfield, CT) Book Signing, 12–2:00 pm
4/16 Warwick Neck Garden Club & Warwick Public Library (RI), Gardens of the Gilded Age, 7:00 pm
4/17 Bancroft Library (Hopedale, MA), Birdscaping: Home Sweet Habitat, 6:30 pm
4/24 Winchester Home & Garden Club (MA), Pots with Pizzazz, 12:00 pm
4/25 Thames River Garden Club (Waterford, CT), Artists’ Gardens in New England, 1:00 pm
5/7–5/11 Garden Tourist’s Spring in Brandywine Valley Trip
5/14 Newburyport Library (MA), Gardens of the Gilded Age, 7:00 pm, ZOOM
5/15 Hingham Public Library (MA), Artists’ Gardens in New England, 7:00 pm ZOOM
5/16 Blackstone Public Library (MA), Birdscaping: Home Sweet Habitat, 6:30 pm
5/18 Presby Gardens (Montclair, NJ), Book Signing
5/22 Fall River Garden Club (MA), Garden Tourist’s New England, 7:00 pm
6/4 Beth Shalom Garden Club (MA), Artist’s Gardens in New England, 7:00 pm
6/8 Connecticut Art & Garden Tour (CT), Book Signing, 11-1
9/4–9/7 Garden Tourist’s Lower Hudson Valley Trip
10/15 Chilton Club (MA), Artists’ Gardens in New England
11/4 Windsor Public Library (CT), The Magic of the Winter Garden, 6:30 pm
11/11 Newburyport Horticultural Society (MA), The Garden Tourist’s Hudson River Valley,
11/18 Mountain Garden Club (N. Conway, NH), Gardens of the Gilded Age, 11:00 am
12/4 Palisades Library (NY), The Garden Tourist’s Hudson River Valley, 6:30 pm ZOOM
12/5 Holden Garden Club (MA), Decked Out for the Holidays, 7:30 pm
12/18 Junior League of Boston Garden Club (MA), TBD
2025
1/7 Holliston Garden Club (MA), TBD, 7:30 pm,
1/8 Wellesley Gardener’s Guild (MA), Gardens of the Scottish Highlands, 10:00 am
2/13 Venice Area Garden Club (FL), The Garden Tourist’s Florida
3/6 West Hartford Garden Club (CT), Pots with Pizzazz, 1:00 pm
4/8 Contemporary Garden Club of Princeton (NJ), Pots with Pizzazz, 12:00 pm
4/17 Scituate Garden Club (MA), Garden Tourist’s Northeast, 7:00 pm
5/5 Lincoln Garden Club (MA), Artists’ Gardens in New England
6/24 Burlington Garden Club (VT), Garden Tourist’s New England, 1:00 pm
REVIEWS
“I would like to thank you for being such an inspiring presenter at our October meeting. Everyone enjoyed your beautiful photography and great ideas to enhance the winter landscape.”
“Thank you so much for your delightful and engaging presentation on The Gardens of the Gilded Age. It was like taking a tour back in time to visit the lovely gardens and impressive mansions of a by-gone era. You also spurred our interest to visit some of the places. Thank you for sharing your expertise and your beautiful photos. Our members enjoyed it.”
“On behalf of the Hardy Plant Society, we want to thank you for your marvelous program on Gardens of the Gilded Age. So many have shared their enthusiasm for now going to many of the gorgeous gardens you highlighted.”
““Last night was one of the best, most interesting, informative and well presented programs I have seen in quite some time.””
— Member, Bridgewater Garden Club
“The Gilded Age talk was a huge hit! You did a great job at describing the financial/social/cultural circumstances that influenced the creation of these magnificent homes and gardens. It was SO interesting! As always, as you saw from the comments, attendees were enthralled and delighted with the presentation-as was I!”
— Patricia, Darien Library
“Since 2019, with the interference of COVID, I have always delighted in your Zoom talks. Your encyclopedic interest always shows new ideas and facts. Today’s zoom surpassed expectations… you presented so much that I would love to see it again. Looking forward to your next reveal.”
— Helen, Springfield Garden Club
“Many thanks to both of you for a beautiful presentation! It was inspirational and gave our members great ideas to build on in our own gardens. We all appreciated your years of knowledge and expertise on how to plan a beautiful garden any time of year. ”
— Linda, Wakefield Garden Club
“Thanks again for a great program. It was garden food for my soul!”
— Sharon, Greater New Bedford Garden Club
“What a wonderful presentation, Jana. So many accolades in the chat and now coming into my email. Have a wonderful holiday, and I do hope to work with you again in the future!!”
“Just wanted to thank you again for a great lecture! Our club so enjoyed being transported to another country and it’s long history of beautiful gardens!”
“I loved it! I thought the presentation was very well done. I have already shared her info with members of the garden club where I belong. Thank you for offering this speaker.”
