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Naturescaping book event at the Stamford Museum

Art and Nature being my two great passions, The Stamford Museum and Nature Center is my kind of place. And I can really get behind their Salon Series, devoted to inspiring cultural conversations and lifelong learning, so I'm especially pleased to be presenting a slide lecture, Naturescape Your Yard on Thursday, January 26, 2017. A wine [...]

By |2020-07-01T15:51:09-04:00January 4th, 2017|Categories: Highlights & Happenings|Comments Off on Naturescaping book event at the Stamford Museum

Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden

Joann Gardner and Karen Bussolini, authors Karen Bussolini, photographer Timber Press The beauty and drought-tolerance of familiar downy silvers such as lamb’s ears and artemisias have long made them favorites in the herb garden and perennial border. Elegant Silvers explores of the entire range of these distinctive fragrant, useful and deer-resistant plants. Digging for Silver [...]

By |2020-07-01T15:51:09-04:00September 2nd, 2016|Categories: Books|Comments Off on Elegant Silvers: Striking Plants for Every Garden

The Unsung Season

The Unsung Season Gardens & Gardeners in Winter Sydney Eddison, author Karen Bussolini, photographer Houghton Mifflin Company Nature in winter has always enchanted me with its unexpected poetic sights. No matter how gloomy the day, it always seemed that, if I had the gumption to bundle up and go for a walk, I’d come upon [...]

By |2020-07-01T15:51:09-04:00August 31st, 2016|Categories: Books|Comments Off on The Unsung Season

The Naturescaping Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide For Bringing Nature to Your Backyard

Beth O’Donnell Young, author Karen Bussolini, photographer Timber Press There is a growing awareness that many land care practices waste resources and are detrimental to the health of people, animals and the larger environment. We can all make a difference in our own yards. The Naturescaping Workbook tells you how. Find it at Timber Press, [...]

By |2020-07-01T15:51:09-04:00August 30th, 2016|Categories: Books|Comments Off on The Naturescaping Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide For Bringing Nature to Your Backyard

The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants

Penelope O’Sullivan, author Karen Bussolini, photographer Storey Publishing Not every tree and shrub you could buy, just the best, most problem-solving and beautiful ones. Practical advice from a landscape pro and photos that reveal each plant’s charm, accurately portray what they look like and show how real-life gardeners across the country have used them in [...]

By |2020-07-02T19:13:48-04:00August 30th, 2016|Categories: Books|Comments Off on The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants

Keynote talk on The Darwinian Garden

Come to the Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners conference on March 19, 2016 and hear my keynote talk, Survival in the Darwinian Garden: Planting the Fittest. We'll dig into the many adaptations plants have evolved to survive in New England. I'll show lots of inspiring images of ecological thinking in action. WMMGA  

By |2020-07-01T15:51:09-04:00February 29th, 2016|Categories: Talks|0 Comments