Lecture Schedule 2025–26
2025
6/19 Bernards Township Library (NJ), The Garden Tourist’s Hudson River Valley, 7:00 pm, ZOOM
6/23-26 The Garden Tourist’s Vermont Gardens and Nurseries
6/24 Burlington Garden Club (VT), Garden Tourist’s New England, 1:00 pm
7/8 Great Island Gardeners (Plymouth, MA), TBD
7/23–7/26 The Garden Tourist’s Long Island Splendor
8/13 Duxbury Garden Club (MA), Artists’ Gardens in New England, 10:00 am
8/27 International Master Gardener Conference 2025, Satisfying Your Plant Lust, 2:15 pm ZOOM
8/28 International Master Gardener Conference 2025, Gardens of the Gilded Age, 1:15 pm, ZOOM
9/3 Newport Seaside Garden Club, (RI), Pots with Pizzazz, 6:00 pm
9/4 Somerset County Library System (NJ), The Garden World of Jane Austen, 8:00 pm, ZOOM
9/9 Bedford Garden Club (MA), Fallscaping, 6:00 pm
9/10 Bristol Garden Club (RI), FallScaping
9/29 Southport Garden Club (Mashpee, MA), Gardens of the Gilded Age, 3:00 pm
10/22 Palisades Library (NY), The Garden World of Jane Austen, 6:30 pm, ZOOM
11/4 Evening Garden Club of Roxbury (MA), Decked Out for the Holidays, 7:00 pm
11/5 Dun-Land-Woods Garden Club & Bloomfield Library (CT), The Magic of the Winter Garden, 1:30 pm
11/11 Newburyport Horticultural Society (MA), The Garden Tourist’s Hudson River Valley, 7:00 pm
11/17 Mountain Garden Club (N. Conway, NH), Decked Out for the Holidays, 11:00 am
12/1–12/3 The Garden Tourist’s Longwood Christmas Trip
12/9 Andover Garden Club (MA), Decked Out for the Holidays, 11:00 am
12/10 Somerset County Library System (NJ), Decked Out for the Holidays, 8:00 pm, ZOOM
2026
1/5 Quiet Corner Garden Club (Danielson, CT), 7:00 pm
1/12–1/21 The Garden Tourist’s Costa Rica Trip
1/31 Springfield Garden Club (MA), The Garden Tourist’s New England, 11:00 am
3/8 Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (Brewster, MA), Rise and Shine, 1:00 pm
3/9 Open Gate Garden Club of Chelmsford (MA), Rise and Shine, 7:00 pm, ZOOM
3/10 Middlebury Garden Club (VT), Pots with Pizzazz 1:00 pm, ZOOM
3/11 Hull Garden Club (MA), The Garden Tourist’s New England, 1:30 pm
3/11 Marlborough Garden Club (MA), Rise and Shine: Waking Up Your Garden in Spring, 7:00 pm
3/18 Weymouth Garden Club (MA), Designing a Sunny Perennial Garden, 7:00 pm, ZOOM
3/19 Van Rensselaer Garden Club (Troy, NY), TBD, 12:30 pm
4/7–19 Holland/Belgium Tulip Cruise
5/12 Longfellow Garden Club (Portland, ME), The Garden World of Jane Austen
5/20 North Shore Garden Club (MA), The Garden Tourist’s Charleston, 7:00 pm
REVIEWS
“I can’t let this day go by without sending you heartfelt thanks for last night’s eye-popping presentation. What beautiful photographs to accompany your thoroughly researched and informative journey to so many artists’ gardens still accessible today! We love how you have developed so many angles for appreciating horticulture. Well done!”
“Enjoyed the presentation and so loved the best times to visit when the plantings are most brilliant. Loved the history with each garden. Lovely evening and excited to start the journey/bucket list. ”
“Thank you for your enlightening, informative and light-hearted presentation. You held everyone’s interest and your photos will be long remembered!”
“Everyone enjoyed your presentation…a breath of springtime after a pretty gloomy winter. We all appreciate your willingness to share your expertise and your beautiful photographs. And we certainly were inspired to begin planting, arranging, and creating pots with pizzazz.”
“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.”
“Just a note to thank you for an excellent talk on Pots with Pizzazz. Our garden club really enjoyed it and are inspired with new ideas.”
“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.”
