Drawing from decades of experience in zone 7a, landscape horticulturist Warren Leach celebrates the rewards of cold-weather gardening in “Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow” (Timber Press, 2024). The title is an American Horticulture Society Book Award Winner and is lauded for its relevance to a range of regions in winter. In this presentation, Warren will remind us that the winter garden can be a low-maintenance affair and a time to enjoy — no weeding, watering or dead-heading! The winter landscape may be quiescent but it need not be bleak, thanks to plants with brightly colored berries, twigs, stems, foliage and winter-blooming flowers. Warren will showcase gardens he has designed that dazzle in the winter season and share inspiring planting design ideas for the coldest months.

Speaker’s bio:

Warren Leach is an award-winning landscape designer and a passionate plant collector, nurseryman, horticulturist, speaker, writer and educator. He is co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery in southwestern Massachusetts, a prominent grower of daylilies, iris, distinctive perennials and woody plants. Warren has taught horticulture and landscape design at numerous horticultural institutions and is an in-demand speaker at garden clubs, botanical gardens and professional organizations. His writing has appeared in Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Green Scene, American Nurseryman and Boston magazines.

Additional resource:

https://awaytogarden.com/enhancing-the-winter-garden-with-warren-leach/