Karla A. Dalley

IN PERSON PRESENTATIONS ONLY 

• Trade Secrets: An Insider’s Guide To Plant Selection, Hardiness and More!
• How to be a Lazy Gardener–or Working With Nature Instead of Against It
• Gardening for Pollinators (Butterflies, Hummingbirds and Bees)
• Herb Gardening Made Easy
• Top 5 Garden Problems and How to Solve Them
• Waking Up the Garden in the Early Spring
• Pruning Made Practical
• Hot Gardening Trends
• Easy Organic Gardening for Everyone
• Birding for Gardeners
• Backyard Bird and Wildlife Gardening
• Critter and Deer Proofing
• Houseplants for the Four Exposures
• Creative Container Design

Additional Information:

Karla’s lecture experience dates back to 2001, when she began offering lectures at Gledhill nursery in West Hartford, CT.

She has taught gardening at Capital Community College where she offered various one-hour courses on gardening, both at their Hartford campus and throughout the community. She currently lectures to homeowner’s associations, garden clubs, women’s groups, and in various special places like the Southeast Home and Garden Show at Mohegan Sun and at Gardeners Supply in Burlington, Vermont.

Currently she is the garden columnist for We-Ha Magazine and the Book Reviewer for the Connecticut Horticulture Society, as well as the sole author of an organic gardening blog, “Gardendaze.”

Her backyard is certified as a Backyard Habitat by both the Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection (Certification #22) and the National Wildlife Federation (Certification # 34,999).  She has been a totally organic gardener since 1994.