My Garden Consultation - Perennially Yours

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexJ5oPMHZYGJYDp4tKDIVd9hVwN6b4B8Fs1dIvtG91VJz_9rAoOjFYcamMYfxNJToJHae67gr38yEawhmlVJAz5sOKXNy3dtILkmbNtHL64Ey-eskA3DYmyJ16WbDLS5TOiqaklN0Xwk/s1600-h/side%20foliage%20garden.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348093366340757314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexJ5oPMHZYGJYDp4tKDIVd9hVwN6b4B8Fs1dIvtG91VJz_9rAoOjFYcamMYfxNJToJHae67gr38yEawhmlVJAz5sOKXNy3dtILkmbNtHL64Ey-eskA3DYmyJ16WbDLS5TOiqaklN0Xwk/s640/side%2520foliage%2520garden.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> The highlight of my visit to The Philadelphia Flower Show was hearing Kerry Mendez of <a href="http://www.pyours.com/"><span style="color:#009900;">Perennially Yours</span></a> speak. Her business is dedicated to teaching gardeners how to create <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>low-maintenance, ever-blooming</strong></span> perennial gardening. That's my idea of a dream garden! Kerry has been featured on HGTV and many publications including Fine Gardening, Garden Gate, How-To Gardening, Country Gardens, and Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living from Better Homes and Gardens.<br /><br />Kerry's presentation was not only fun and entertaining but highly informative. So much so that my designer friend Anne Hardock of <a href="http://www.dwellingsbydesign.net/">Dwellings by Design</a> arranged a day of on-site garden consultations with Kerry! <span style="color:#000000;">These gorgeous pictures are all of Kerry's garden in Ballston Spa, NY.</span> I love the mix of plants and the relaxed and welcoming feel. My garden is the exact opposite of hers - and in serious need of expert advice.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1evmoiaZW_qRAz8kJ0PLSWaqE50bbzc58ide5f5z0UBr_4k_zfJjb4t2aUF7OP4hIEQ4Kubappuev5y4RsIY1U0_6YdZcxjl9eOS3FwhPjmeQws0Nt9SxoyB3NKKCw5PHVbisYG59-I/s1600-h/spring%202007%20rose%20bench%202[1]+(2).jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348093245868451186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1evmoiaZW_qRAz8kJ0PLSWaqE50bbzc58ide5f5z0UBr_4k_zfJjb4t2aUF7OP4hIEQ4Kubappuev5y4RsIY1U0_6YdZcxjl9eOS3FwhPjmeQws0Nt9SxoyB3NKKCw5PHVbisYG59-I/s640/spring%25202007%2520rose%2520bench%25202%5B1%5D+(2).jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> In my one hour garden consultation, Kerry discussed my goals, including colors and preferred types of plants. She designed and sketched a complete front garden plan with exact locations for each plant as well as gave me planting solutions for a shaded area and a section by our pool that is its own micro-desert. Kerry also surveyed my existing plants and identified better places to relocate them to. I'm excited to finally have plants where they're supposed to be - you know- plants that need partial shade not baking out in the sun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yw1imQd9NvO3DwrtHBLSd49MwgrYWhtdQDhbhewtWGCtMLMhgqVZbyanHSpjdCPdcWPnWmosar-pwi1cvc_wC0w1rhyphenhyphenMe8Y3QknwD8V6z7ahRmQ5P2pZSgM18B46I18U_hbAtey-yxU/s1600-h/mixed%20astilbes%252.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348093114280817922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yw1imQd9NvO3DwrtHBLSd49MwgrYWhtdQDhbhewtWGCtMLMhgqVZbyanHSpjdCPdcWPnWmosar-pwi1cvc_wC0w1rhyphenhyphenMe8Y3QknwD8V6z7ahRmQ5P2pZSgM18B46I18U_hbAtey-yxU/s640/mixed%2520astilbes%252.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>What I also loved about my garden consultation is that Kerry is an independent advisor and is not in the business of selling and installing. I can now go about implementing the plan on my own, staging things to go along with my budget and time. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will post some pics of my progress. Kerry is also available for <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>virtual consultations</strong></span>. Click <a href="http://www.pyours.com/consultations.html"><span style="color:#009900;">here</span></a> for more info - her current hourly consultation fee is $65. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1-QuhqCK6AyU0LXBubQsoruYe8svdvyo44CmcQMTSPAwTD4v-uzCgJxCF2pXmlIxdESR5PQOOEq6PdX9mA2T4upFnL9D8wIg75lefzd3GhuSFdFJg6jsGKRD6t5ligElI6ZE-jmZxok/s1600-h/summer%202007%20closer%20phlox,%20amsonia.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348092969291914562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1-QuhqCK6AyU0LXBubQsoruYe8svdvyo44CmcQMTSPAwTD4v-uzCgJxCF2pXmlIxdESR5PQOOEq6PdX9mA2T4upFnL9D8wIg75lefzd3GhuSFdFJg6jsGKRD6t5ligElI6ZE-jmZxok/s640/summer%25202007%2520closer%2520phlox%252C%2520amsonia.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Here we are at the end of a very happy and productive day enjoying a wonderful dinner in Anne's newly built and designed screened porch. I'm taking the photo, Anne is first on the left and Kerry is at the end of the table.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwUU9U7rbtzaeWbh6smaS5tSdyhuv-2E1BFPyW4wGBEDp30QEAoDP858glDtwK1iDkProsvzpKZ4-XEmbUYrFqJZQE3ns-E7NyedQOhlm1AfVam8BeD2aDbxB3KZmkUFrjAlezBVTo4s/s1600-h/atlanta+647+(3).jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348099684138138642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwUU9U7rbtzaeWbh6smaS5tSdyhuv-2E1BFPyW4wGBEDp30QEAoDP858glDtwK1iDkProsvzpKZ4-XEmbUYrFqJZQE3ns-E7NyedQOhlm1AfVam8BeD2aDbxB3KZmkUFrjAlezBVTo4s/s640/atlanta+647+(3).jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Anne has a gorgeous porch. Here's a sneak peak photo. I'm planning to do a whole post on it soon.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFln_b9P5NIYGc4ha0HHThGtEUksOhX2hMzIxYosilsw16_Dbr1ix7-ukYqDL3NMWLjNLFC6vhyzki2LS38E09N8mFUJh635Es8BZZwE_3FenKw8ol-K3-BVQI2gsc-xLDq-lldfe1iyc/s1600-h/atlanta+637+(2).jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348099344343810626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFln_b9P5NIYGc4ha0HHThGtEUksOhX2hMzIxYosilsw16_Dbr1ix7-ukYqDL3NMWLjNLFC6vhyzki2LS38E09N8mFUJh635Es8BZZwE_3FenKw8ol-K3-BVQI2gsc-xLDq-lldfe1iyc/s400/atlanta+637+(2).jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </div></div>

My Garden Consultation - Perennially Yours

The highlight of my visit to The Philadelphia Flower Show was hearing Kerry Mendez of Perennially Yours speak. Her business is dedicated t...

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