Garden Tours and Lectures
Holly writes and presents horticultural lectures, workshops, and garden tours on a variety of topics, for both professional and amateur audiences.
She has lectured about starting a public garden, the garden as an oasis, anything related to herbs, fragrance and flavor, antique roses, great plants, historic gardens, native plants, garden design, sustainable gardens, children’s gardens, and gardens around the world, and much more. Holly provides educational tours of her gardens with a focus on ecological gardening, herbal plants, native plants, fragrance and wildlife gardening.
A few times each year, Holly hosts garden travel programs, providing a more in-depth and unique exploration of horticulture and gardens around the world. Recent trips include Costa Rica Watercolors (co-hosted with Bonnie Lundy, artist), Historic Sites & Gardens of Malta and Eastern Sicily (with the American Horticultural Society), and Sacred Gardens and Temples of Japan (with Friends of the National Arboretum).
Holly’s upcoming trips are listed below. Read Holly's blog and be sure to follow her on Instagram.
Glaciers, Geysers, & Gardens of Iceland
August 6 - 15, 2022
In the planning stages...
Land of volcanoes and glaciers. Stomping ground of 9th-century Vikings. Setting of countless legends and Norse sagas. These are some of the features that attract inquisitive travelers to this island nation in the North Atlantic, and this voyage has them all—and more. More information and sign up on the American Horticultural Society website.
Future Japan garden tours are in the planning process. Check back for updates or visit the American Horticultural Society website.
Holly has spoken on these and many other topics:
“Stewardship Gardening"
"How Climate Change Will Affect our Gardens”
“Herb Gardens, Old and New”
“Healthy Gardens for People and the Environment”
“Great Gardens of Japan”
“Notable Plants & Gardens from Recent Travels”
“Best of Flavor and Fragrance”
“A New Garden in an Old Setting”
“How Climate Change Will Affect Our Gardens”
“Starting a Public Garden”
“Persian Gardens”
“Great Plants for Mid-Atlantic Gardens”
“Herbal Uses of Native Plants”
“Landscape for Life”
“A Passion for Gardening”
For over 12 years, Holly was one of the hosts of the popular PBS television show, The Victory Garden, covering great gardens in American as well as in other countries.
Please contact Holly for more information and to request a speaking engagement.