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More about Perennially Yours and Kerry Ann Mendez

Kerry Ann Mendez

Some highlights about Perennially Yours, a unique gardening business offering low-maintenance gardening and landscaping classes, consultations, designs, and garden lectures:

  • Perennially Yours is in its sixteenth year and continues to expand at a rapid pace
  • Kerry Ann Mendez is the author of The Ultimate Gardener's Top Ten Lists
  • Over 8,000 gardeners receive our gardening newsletters
  • Over 10,000 people have attended our gardening classes
  • Our Web site receives thousands of visits per month
  • Founder and organizer of the annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium
  • Teaches over 25 different perennial gardening workshops that include detailed course handouts
  • Has conducted over 1,000 private and commercial garden consultations and designs
  • Hundreds of visitors attend our complimentary, monthly open houses in the gardens

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Speaker's Resume of Garden Talks

  • Philadelphia Flower Show
  • Boston Flower Show
  • Connecticut Flower Show
  • Rhode Island Flower Show
  • Vermont Flower Show
  • Perennial Plant Association's 2010 Fall Symposium
  • Hosted Horticulture magazine's national webinar March 2010
  • The Landis Arboretum, Esperance, NY (speaker and horticulture certificate instructor)
  • The Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA
  • Design & Beyond Symposium, Cincinnati, OH
  • 'Coming Home to Your Garden' Symposium; Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
  • Gardener's Supply Company, Burlington, VT
  • Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, CT
  • Garden Club of Montreal, Quebec
  • University of Connecticut's Garden Conference, CT
  • St. George's Garden Club, Baltimore, MD
  • Garden Symposium, Lancaster, PA
  • Spring Garden Symposium, Cox Arboretum, Dayton, OH
  • The Friends of the Horticulture Farm, South Burlington, VT
  • Gathering of Gardeners, Rochester, NY (September 2009)
  • Lake and Valley Garden Club, Cooperstown, NY
  • Ulster County Master Gardeners' Garden Day at The Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
  • Churchills Garden Center, Exeter, NH
  • Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
  • Capital District Garden and Flower Show, Troy, NY
  • Garden Club of Manchester, Manchester, VT
  • Mount Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods, NH
  • Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, Lake Placid, NY
  • The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY and Chapman Museum, Glens Falls, NY
  • The Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • New York in Bloom at the New York State Museum and the Albany Tulip Festival, Albany, NY
  • The Adirondack Garden and Flower Show, Lake George, NY
  • Saratoga Preservation Foundation and the Saratoga Springs Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Mohonk Mountain House Resort, New Paltz, NY
  • Seminars for Cornell Cooperative Extensions of Albany, Warren, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer Counties
  • Instructor for the perennial section, Master Gardeners Certification Program (Saratoga County)
  • Fort Orange Garden Club, Albany, NY
  • State Farm Insurance, Employee Association, Malta, NY
  • General Electric, Schenectady, NY
  • New York State Department of Conservation and Housing Division, Albany, NY
  • Empire State Bed and Breakfast Association (annual conference), Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, individual clubs plus annual district-wide meetings
  • American Association of University Women, Schenectady, NY

Membership in the Following Organizations

  • Perennial Plant Association
  • Garden Writers Association
  • Heritage Garden Club; Federated Garden Clubs of NYS

Landscape and Garden Consultations

  • Conducted over 1,000 garden consultations for private residences and businesses
  • Consulted for the following world-class resorts or National Historic Landmarks: The Mirror Lake Inn (NY); The Mt. Washington Resort (NH); The Batcheller Mansion (NY)