Tours and Special Events

Kevin’s 2013 Events Schedule

February 18, 2013
IMG_8799MY EVENTS SCHEDULE for 2013 is slowly filling up, with a lecture, a workshop, and two garden tours (to benefit The Garden Conservancy). Live in or around New York's Hudson Valley? Stop by and say hello! The events: Read more »

My First “Open Day” & A Brief Tour

June 12, 2012
IMG_6834LAST SUNDAY, nearly 200 friendly faces passed through my garden gate. The occasion? The first "Open Day" of the season. Open Days benefit The Garden Conservancy, whose mission is (among other things) the preservation of historically significant gardens. If you are unable to visit the grounds here in person, perhaps I can offer you a brief "virtual" tour: Read more »

Prepping for Tours: The Rose Garden

May 20, 2012
IMG_5986HERE AT A GARDEN FOR THE HOUSE, I'm working daily to prepare my "garden rooms" for a number of scheduled tours which begin (gasp!) early in June. Last week, I focused on the Rose Garden (above). This involved trimming the boxwood, turning on the fountains (I ran into a snag with these), and crying over the sorry appearance of the roses themselves. Read more »

Kevin’s 2012 Events Schedule

January 18, 2012
IMG_8799MY EVENTS SCHEDULE for 2012 is slowly filling up, with three lectures, three garden tours (to benefit the The Garden Conservancy), plus one hands-on plant-propagation workshop. Live in or around New York's Hudson Valley? Stop by and say hello! The events: Read more »

Garden Tour: 2010 Edition

May 18, 2010

ON SATURDAY, JUNE 12, my gardens — and the gardens of several others in this area — will be open for tour. I hope you will support this effort that benefits the Kinderhook Garden Club. If you are able, do stop by and say hello. I’ll show you my Rose Garden (pictured above)…Serpentine Garden…Kitchen Garden…and… Read more »

Garden Tour Tomorrow

May 18, 2009
Garden Tour Tomorrow

A group of ladies from the local garden club will tour the various gardens here tomorrow. They shall also receive a talk from me, concerning geranium propagation. Such events always make me a little nervous.I’m not the least concerned about the geranium talk. I’ve delivered it before, and know of what I speak. No, it… Read more »