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Tag: Plants for the Winter Garden

  • Thursday, January 22, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern – Plants for the Winter Garden, Online

    The winter garden is a truly low maintenance affair and a time to enjoy – no weeding, no watering and no deadheading! The winter landscape may be quiescent, but the garden need not be bleak. Plants with brightly colored berries, twigs, stems, foliage and even winter-blooming flowers shrug off the snow and cold. Landscape horticulturist Warren Leach, author of Plants for the Winter Garden, will showcase gardens he has designed that celebrate the winter season as well as planting design ideas for your own garden.

    Warren Leach is a passionate plant collector, nurseryman, horticulturist, and landscape designer with a depth of knowledge of all garden plants including perennials, tropical, temperate and woody plants. For more than 35 years, Leach has been creating landscapes throughout New England as well as making captivating and education display gardens at Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth, MA. Leach is an award-winning landscape designer and has taught horticulture and landscape design at numerous horticultural institutions.

    Join AHS Live online on January 22 at 7 pm Eastern to hear Warren. $15 AHS members, $20 nonmembers. Sign up HERE.

  • Saturday, September 20, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Plants for the Winter Garden Talk and Book Signing

    The winter garden is truly a low-maintenance affair — no weeding, no watering and no dead-heading. The winter landscape may be quiescent, but the garden need not be bleak. Plants with brightly colored berries, twigs, stems, foliage, and even winter-blooming flowers shrug off the snow and cold. They bring cheer, even as the sun enters Capricorn.

    Landscape horticulturist Warren Leach, and author of the new book from Timber Press Plants for the Winter Garden, will showcase gardens he has designed that celebrate the winter season as well as planting design ideas for your own garden on Saturday, September 20, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Berkshire Botanical Garden (Book signing to follow the talk)

    For more than 35 years, Warren Leach has been creating beautiful landscapes throughout New England as well as making captivating and educational display gardens as co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth, R.I., a specialty nursery that is a prominent grower of daylilies, iris and distinctive perennials and woody plants.

    To register ($25 for BBG members, $40 for nonmembers) visit https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/plants-winter-garden-talk-and-book-signing

  • Tuesday, February 4, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern – Celebrate the Winter Garden with Warren Leach, Online

    The winter landscape may be quiet, but the garden doesn’t have to be bleak! With thoughtful planning you can celebrate winter’s unique beauty and enjoy brightly colored berries, twigs, stems, foliage, and even winter-blooming flowers that shrug off the snow and cold.

    Join Innisfree Gardens on February 4 at 1 pm Eastern online with award-winning landscape designer, horticulturist, nurseryman, and plant collector Warren Leach. Showcasing stunning gardens he has created, Warren will share inspired design ideas and plant choices that will help you create a more engaging and beautiful winter garden. Warren Leach’s new book, Plants for the Winter Garden, has already garnered tremendous praise, including during a recent interview with Margaret Roach. We are delighted to host him for this exclusive virtual lecture, the only online talk he will be giving in his busy 2025 speaking calendar. 

    Warren Leach has been sharing his expertise and passion for more than thirty-five years, designing private gardens and displays at major garden shows throughout New England as well as teaching and publishing widely. He has received the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Gold Medal, the Elizabeth and Roger Swain Award, multiple awards from the National Landscape Association, and many others. Warren and his wife own Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth, MA.

    There will be a Q&A session at the end of the lecture. A link to the recorded talk will be emailed to ticket-holders. $25 for Innisfree members, $35 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.innisfreegarden.org/2025calendar/wintergarden

  • Saturday, January 11, 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm – Plants for the Winter Garden

    When gardens go dormant for the winter months, there are still certain species and cultivars that draw the eye with their bright berries, interesting seed pods, and spectacular bark. Join Warren Leach at the Hunnewell Lecture Hall at the Arnold Arboretum on January 11 at noon for a book talk on his new book, Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow, and discover all that a winter garden has to offer. Warren Leach has years of gardening experience in the cold Northeast and will be sharing all of his winter garden tips, from plant selection and placement, to pruning techniques, to structural components that complement the plants themselves. And if you decide to buy a book after the program, make sure to look for some references to the Arnold Arboretum’s own winter landscape! Register at https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/plants-for-the-winter-garden-by-warren-leach/?occurrence=2025-01-11