About Donna Williamson                   

Donna Williamson is a master gardener, garden designer, gardening coach, and owner of Donna Williamson Fine Gardening. She has taught gardening and design classes at the State Arboretum of Virginia, Oatlands in Leesburg, and Shenandoah University. The founder and editor of Grandiflora Mid-Atlantic Gardening magazine, Williamson writes on gardening topics for publications including the Christian Science Monitor and Blue Ridge Leader. Her book, The Virginia Gardener’s Companion: An Insider’s Guide to Low-Maintenance Gardening in Virginia, is available at Amazon.com.

See: http://www.dwfinegardening.com.

Donna will talk on Seven Strategies for Garden Success. Gardeners often learn to grow pretty plants well and make nice color combinations but still wonder why their gardens do not come together. Books filled with garden eye-candy compound the problem. Choosing from hundreds of available plants can lead to more confusion and the famous impulse purchases. The key to a beautiful and coherent garden is discerning, shaping, and sustaining the intention for the space. Seven strategies for sorting out the real issues make this a simpler process. Once intention lights the way, gardens can come together with sensibility and artistry.

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