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| ************************************************************************ October 2008 Newsletter My head is still in the clouds from a dreamy stay at Basin Harbor Club (www.basinharbor.com) last week. The second annual Garden Party was great fun and attendance almost doubled. Forty-six participants enjoyed glorious weather, gourmet food, and info-packed lectures at this historic resort on Lake Champlain. I had the honor of staying in the Honeymoon suite. This luxurious accommodation had a living room; kitchenette; king bed with a canopy; fireplace, and a Jacuzzi. Wouldn't you know it that Sergio couldn't join me due to work commitments. I 'forced' myself to enjoy it without him. This grand resort will close for the winter on October 19th and reopen next spring. You really owe it to yourself to experience this magical place. Make plans to go on your own or join me at the 2009 Garden Party scheduled for September 20 & 21. In this newsletter: Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium; NEW Pre-Symposium workshop; Evan's NEW fundraiser featuring collectible wood-turned art; deer-proofing your garden books still available; 'Dirt Cheap' sale from Mariaville Peat Company; I'm on SafeLawns and Landscapes radio show October 2; November 8th gardening program at The Glen Sanders Mansion; SafeLawns & Landscapes organic landscaping tips; discount magazine subscriptions for holiday gift giving; Adirondack chair and garden tea caddy for sale; BOBBEX Deer repellant; and more. SIXTH ANNUAL GREAT GARDENS AND LANDSCAPING SYMPOSIUM, APRIL 24 & 25, 2009    
 Sponsored by Bobbex (www.bobbex.com), Bradfield Organics (www.bradfieldorganics.com ), Gardener's Supply Company (www.gardeners.com), Proven Winners (www.provenwinners.com), People, Places & Plants (www.ppplants.com), and SafeLawns & Landscapes (www.safelawns.net) NEW: As announced in my last newsletter, the sixth annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium will be Friday evening and Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2009 at the four-diamond, world-class Mirror Lake Inn and Resort (www.mirrorlakeinn.com ) in Lake Placid. The symposium features renowned speakers; elegant accommodations; gourmet food (The View Restaurant has been awarded the 2008 Four Diamond Award from AAA. Only 3 percent of the nearly 28,000 restaurants approved by AAA achieve this prestigious distinction); extensive handouts; garden gifts; door prizes and more. It is sure to sell-out as it did when the Inn hosted the symposium in 2007. The sixth annual symposium kicks off Friday, April 24th with a 6:00 p.m. welcome reception followed by a 7:00 p.m. talk by Tara Dillard, nationally award-winning author. She will present Lessons Learned from a Garden Tour of France and England. Saturday's programming runs from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and includes lunch. Space is limited to 150 attendees (100 less than in 2008 which also sold out). For more about the speakers, topics, and agenda, please visit www.pyours.com/Symposium2009.html . Special symposium packages are provided below. One night packages for the Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium include Friday night accommodations in a Noonmark room; Friday welcome reception and cash bar; full breakfast and lunch on Saturday; refreshment break; five lectures, symposium handouts, garden gift, and door prizes. The rates are $344 for a single or $488 for a double ($244 per person). Two night packages are $556 for a single or $716 for a double ($358 per person) and include all of the above plus Saturday night accommodations and Sunday breakfast. Taxes and gratuity are additional. These packages are outstanding, especially when you consider that a room alone at this prestigious resort is usually over $300 a night (not including tax and gratuity). To make your reservations, or to give it as a gift to one of your special friends or family members, please call the Mirror Lake Inn and Resort at (518) 523-2544 and request the Great Gardens package. Space is limited. So please register now! PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOP NEW for 2009 will be a Pre-Symposium Workshop on Friday morning, April 24th. The fun starts Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. where participants have the option of joining symposium speakers Tara Dillard, Paul Tukey, and myself for casual conversation and drinks at the Inn followed by dinner. Friday morning will be interactive talks and roundtables from 9:00 a.m. - noon. Tara, Paul and I will be sharing some additional landscape, design, and organic lawn care tips with a smaller number of participants, allowing for one-on-one time to address questions and provide more individualized solutions. Space is limited to 50 attendees. The Pre-Symposium package is $245 for a single and $315 for a double ($157.50 per person). This includes Thursday's accommodations in a Noonmark room; Friday's breakfast, the pre-symposium lectures and roundtables, and handouts. Taxes and gratuity are additional. To make reservations for the Pre-Symposium package Thursday evening and/or the Great Gardens package, please call the Mirror Lake Inn and Resort at (518) 523-2544 and specify the package(s) you want to reserve. THANK YOU TO OUR SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS! Please support the following companies that are helping to underwrite this event: BOBBEX (www.bobbex.com) is one incredible company offering organic products that keep Bambi and friends at bay. BOBBEX is a family owned and operated company that has sold environmentally friendly products since 1989. Bob Ecsedy founded BOBBEX to help homeowners plagued by deer. Nurserymen, master gardeners, and thousands of homeowners rely upon BOBBEX to protect their landscapes and plantings from hungry deer. BOBBEX repels through both odor and taste by using meat meal, fish oil, putrescent eggs, garlic and other naturally occurring ingredients to deter deer from browsing. The company also sells BOBBEX-R that protects plants from rabbits, chipmunks, voles, squirrels and groundhogs. Other products include one that dissuades horses from cribbing and another that keeps geese off lawns while at the same time adding important trace elements. For more about their product line and application instructions, visit their web site or call (800) 792-4449. Bradfield Organics www.bradfieldorganics.com This wholesale supplier of premium organic fertilizers for your lawn and garden is committed to helping you enjoy the life you've built through exceptional products and their promise to help preserve and protect the environment. Bradfield Organics had the unique privilege in 2007 to be chosen as the official fertilizer for the organic renovation of four acres of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Some of their GREAT products include Luscious Lawn Granulated Corn Gluten (9-0-0); All Purpose 5-5-5 that is great to jump-start perennial gardens in the spring; Pasture & Farm 4-1-4 for growing lush fruits and vegetables; and Tasty Tomato 3-3-3 for producing better tasting tomatoes. To locate a nursery near you that carries their products, please visit their web site. Proven Winners (www.provenwinners.com). Proven Winners is the leading brand of high quality flowering plants in North America, sold under the Proven Winners name. The goals of Proven Winners are to introduce the best, most unique, high performing plants, to produce them under the highest quality standards, and to market the plants innovatively. Proven Winners plants are unsurpassed in terms of flowering, growth habit, disease resistance, and garden performance. Check out their informative web site for more details. People, Places & Plants magazine (www.ppplants.com) is an outstanding magazine. As you know from my newsletters, I am a HUGE FAN of this magazine that features great plants for the northeast, organic practices, and community centered articles and events. Paul Tukey is the brainchild and editor of this publication that emphasizes an organic approach to our lawn and gardens. His book, The Organic Lawn Care Manual is exceptional - an easy, how-to read. You can order it at amazon.com. For more information about Paul and People, Places & Plants visit www.ppplants.com. Gardener's Supply Company, based in Burlington, Vermont, was founded in 1983 by a handful of enthusiastic Vermont gardeners. Today they serve millions of gardeners nationwide, offering everything from seed starting supplies and garden furniture to flower supports and greenhouses. They are committed to providing garden-tested, earth-friendly products that help customers have more fun and success in their gardens. Over the last 20 years, Gardener's Supply has designed and introduced dozens of innovative, exclusive gardening products, including self-watering planters, a complete line of flower supports, grow lights, organic fertilizers, gardening benches and cushions, and more. They are very community minded, donating 8 percent of their pre-tax profits to gardening-related initiatives and organizations working in the areas of sustainable agriculture, the environment and hunger. To learn more check out their web site at www.gardeners.com. Four Seasons Nursery in Williston, Vermont was purchased by Gardener's Supply Company earlier this year. What a great marriage of two of Vermont's finest gardening companies. Four Seasons Garden Center offers everything gardeners could want - annuals, perennials, nursery stock, seeds, gardening tools and supplies, landscape design and installation services, and so much more. Check them out at www.4seasonsgc.com. Dutch Gardens is a subsidiary of the Gardener's Supply Company. Also based in Burlington, Vermont, they offer a huge selection of flowering bulbs as well as perennials, vines and shrubs. For nearly a century, Dutch Gardens has been supplying Holland's finest bulbs and plants to beautify gardens throughout the U.S. Their history in Holland, however, goes back many more generations. Their gardening experts come from families who have long been leading Dutch horticulturists. Their site is really helpful, allowing you to search plants that are fragrant, deer resistant, drought tolerant and/or good for cutting. Check out their goodies at www.dutchgardens.com. SafeLawns & Landscapes, co-founded by Paul Tukey, a nationally recognized gardening magazine publisher, and Todd Harrington, a renowned soil scientist and organic lawns specialist, is America's first 100% organic fertility lawn care franchise company. SafeLawns & Landscapes is receiving national exposure through its organic makeover of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. as well as with its involvement with the Rose Kennedy Greenway project in Boston. Unlike other lawn care companies that claim to be organic but use organic bridge products with chemicals, SafeLawns applies only totally organic materials. For more information about franchise opportuntities or to locate a franchise in your area, please visit www.safelawns.net . REMINDER ABOUT THE GARDENING PROGRAM AT GLEN SANDERS MANSION EVAN'S NEWEST FUNDRAISER - ENCHANTING CREATIONS IN WOOD Wait until you visit my new web page that features Evan's newest fundraiser for his hopeful participation in the 2009 National Youth Leadership Forum on Law and Criminal Scene Investigation in Washington, D.C. The National Youth Leadership Forum is related to the Junior National Young Leaders Conference that he attended the summer of 2007. This fundraiser is the classiest yet. Evan is selling woodturning created by John J. Smith, a talented general contractor that has become a budding artist. These art pieces are stunningly beautiful. They're created from different woods and then masterfully sculptured into bowls and other art forms. One of these pieces would make a very special addition to your home as well as a great holiday gift. To see the first collection being offered, pricing, and for purchasing information, please click on www.pyours.com/gardenofferings2.html . IF YOU PLANT IT, THEY WILL COME Bambi and the gang are in the bushes, just waiting for dusk to arrive so they can boldly walk on your property and 'prune' your plants with glee. Give yourself a fighting chance with Evan's book sale that once again raises money for the National Youth Leadership Forum next year. Creating a Deer Proof Garden provides tips for outwitting deer plus 117 deer proof and deer resistant plants. He is selling this 143 page soft cover book for $21.50, including sales tax (it retails for $39.95). We can make arrangements for you to pick the book up at our house in Ballston Spa or mail it for an additional $3.50. Just let us know your preference by emailing pyours@nycap.rr.com or calling (518) 885-3471. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GARDENING MAGAZINES MAKE GREAT HOLIDAY GIFTS! Bring a big smile to gardeners on your gift-giving list by presenting them a subscription to one or both of these super gardening magazines: Garden Gate (www.gardengatemagazine.com) and People, Places & Plants (www.ppplants.com). You can save money by subscribing at the special Perennially Yours discounted rates of $20 for Garden Gate and $19.95 for People, Places & Plants. For subscription orders, please go to http://www.pyours.com/magazines.html, print out the appropriate coupon, and mail as directed. You should expect the first issue within 4 to 6 weeks of submission. DIRT CHEAP SALE FROM MARIAVILLE PEAT COMPANY Mariaville Peat Company is very dear to my heart. I have been ordering my outstanding topsoil and compost from John Kowalk, the owner of this family business, since I started Perennially Yours in the late 80's. His company offers a number of different soil blends as well as a great cow manure compost. Mariaville Peat is having a 'Dirt Cheap' sale featuring 10% off their regular prices. Yahoo! This is a great time for prepping new beds or topdressing existing gardens with the compost. To place your order and arrange a delivery time, call John at (518) 864-5380. He is located in Pattersonville, just outside of Amsterdam, NY. KERRY'S ON THE OCTOBER 2 SAFELAWNS RADIO SHOW AND SAFELAWNS ORGANIC LAWN AND GARDEN TIPS Please plan to join me and my SafeLawns colleague, Scott Reill, this Thursday, October 2 from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. (EST) when we fill in for Paul Tukey, the radio's host, while he heads to Columbus, Ohio to present the SafeLawns Award for the city deemed to have the most environmentally friendly landscape in the U.S. The show will be a lot of fun - and even more fun - if you call in with your questions at 1-888-378-5463. You can also email your questions ahead of time to Paul@SafeLawns.org. Listen to the show at www.safelawns.net and click on radio show. Gardening alert! Fall is a time when gardeners tend to put watering their gardens and lawns on the back burner. Unfortunately this can stress plants so they're more susceptible to damage and winter kill. Check out SafeLawns.org's watering tips at http://www.safelawns.org/tips/watering.cfm . Also learn how to control grubs by listening to SafeLawns' most recent radio broadcast recorded at http://www.penguinpods.com/safeLawns/SafeLawnsRadio.html. ADIRONDACK CHAIR AND ANTIQUE CART FOR SALE My husband has put his foot down and insists I cannot keep my yellow Adirondack chair that I  bought to support the Ballston Spa Business and
Professional Association. I'm not going to  argue I know who has the
bigger foot. It is a nice rocker chair with a curved seat and back. I
bought it for $100 earlier this spring. I am selling it for $50. It
needs a fresh coat of paint (you pick the color). I am also selling the
white antique-looking cart that has been on our front porch for years.
Sergio says TOO MANY years. It needs some loving care but it is special.
I am selling this for $25. Email me at pyours@nycap.rr.com
if you are interested.EVAN AND MOM'S CORNER Last month was a sobering time for our family. Evan was diagnosed with a stress fracture to his lower back, most likely caused by a hard hit while playing keeper during a soccer scrimmage. The diagnosis came the second week of September. He had played only two games for the school's JV soccer team and was promptly pulled for the rest of the season. He was fitted for a back brace and will have another MRI in late October to see if he can resume sports and other activities. I must say Evan is handling this far better than Sergio and I. He is very optimistic and upbeat. Evan still goes to soccer practices every day as well as games to cheer his teammates on. He is truly a role model and inspiration to Sergio and me. Hopefully Evan will be back at full speed next month, the Good Lord willing. Isn't it interesting that I wrote about Evan's new braces (on his teeth) in my September newsletter, and now I am writing about braces again.... Until my next newsletter, enjoy this beautiful fall weather. Perennially Yours, Kerry A. Mendez
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