Speaking events

August 25, 2014 Hey, West Texans! If you live in or near San Angelo, I invite you to attend the Fall Landscaping Symposium, presented by Concho Valley Master Gardeners, on Saturday, September 13th. I’ll be speaking at 12:45 pm on my favorite subject: how to design your yard with less ...

November 05, 2013 What happens when you get a gorgeous fall day in Texas, with sunny, blue skies, a cool breeze, and every perennial in the garden flowering its head off? If the 25th Annual Fall Festival of Roses is going on, you set your own garden aside for the ...

October 03, 2013 Are you ready to ditch your lawn? I’ll be speaking about taking out the lawn and landscaping/gardening without it on two occasions this fall, and I hope you’ll make time to come see me. Both events are free and open to the public. Saturday, November 2, 1:00-2:00 ...

September 22, 2013 Hey, Austinites, I’ll be speaking at The Garden Club of Austin this Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30 pm about how to design your yard with less or no lawn. The talk is free and open to the public, so come on out and get some ideas for ...

April 06, 2013I’ll be speaking and signing books on April 20thI rolled a shopping cart into The Great Outdoors on South Congress Avenue the other day and saw my own face looking back at me. Check it out—I’m on an upcoming-speakers sign (along with my friend and fellow new author ...

February 18, 2013 The awesome crowd at my talk last Saturday My 7th blogiversary came and went on Valentine’s Day, and I forgot all about it until last night. Seriously, it’s a wonder I remember my own name after the whirlwind ride of last week. My book, Lawn Gone!, debuted ...

February 15, 2013 Hey, Austin friends! I hope you’ll come on out to The Natural Gardener nursery tomorrow, Saturday the 16th at 10 am, to hear me talk about lawn alternatives for central Texas. I’ll be signing copies of my brand-new book, Lawn Gone!, afterward. Meet me in the big, ...

February 12, 2013 I woke up feeling a bit like a child on her birthday. But the birthday I’m excited about belongs to my book. Today, after 3 years of planning, researching, writing, and editing, Lawn Gone! is born officially released. Whoo-hoo! If you ordered it online, it should be ...

September 17, 2012 As fall dances toward us, bearing cooler temperatures and gentle rains, we Texas gardeners have before us our easiest gardening season, with almost six months to get plants established (if we plant now) before the heat of summer returns. Still, last year, with its 90 days of ...

March 19, 2011 I’ve had a remarkable response to my giveaway of the succulent living picture kit. This Sunday, March 20, at 11 pm is the deadline for entering the drawing. To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on my post about Garden Up! (Note: you ...

March 13, 2011 Today at 3:30 pm I’ll be speaking on a panel at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) called “Building Community in a Blogger-Eat-Blogger World.” The official description dubs us all food bloggers (what gives?), but don’t be fooled! I’m there to represent us under-represented garden bloggers. Mando, me, ...

February 20, 2011 I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) Festival on a panel titled “Building Community in a Blogger-Eat-Blogger World,” on Sunday, March 13, at 3:30 pm. Austin American-Statesman reporter and food blogger Addie Broyles (pictured at center) invited me to join ...

April 11, 2008 Yesterday evening I gave a talk on “creating a woodland edge” at the invitation of Gracywoods Garden Club. I’d just returned from Tanzania last July—my bag sitting, still packed and covered with African dust, on the bedroom floor—when I received their kind invitation. Public speaking has never ...