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Kathy Connolly, Landscape Designer

Name: Kathy Connolly
Organization / Company: Speaking of Landscapes, LLC
Title: Landscape designer, writer, and speaker
Email Address: Kathy@SpeakingofLandscapes.com
Phone: 860-510-2136
Website: www.SpeakingofLandscapes.com
Address: 60 North Cove Road , Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Presentation Type: In-person or Virtual
Base Fees: $250, one-hour webinar. $350, one-hour presentation in person. Both include detailed handout.
Extras: Federal mileage rate for current year up to 100 miles round trip. (2025 = $.70) For more than 100 miles round trip, please add $75/travel hour.
Speaking Titles:
  • Foundation Gardens and Native Plants
  • Native Ground Covers
  • Discover Meadow-making
  • Site Preparation for Landscape Transformation
  • Leave the Leaves, Save the Stems

Other topics include invasive plant reduction strategies and design for naturalized landscapes.

Qualifications:
  • Sustainable Landscape Planning and Design M.A, Conway Graduate Program
  • Certified Advanced Master Gardener, UConn Extension Master Gardener Program
  • Accredited Organic Land Care Professional

Additional Information: 

Kathy Connolly is a landscape designer who specializes in naturalized designs, low-impact landscape techniques, and native plants. In addition to her design projects, she gives talks, tours, and workshops. She has received several awards for her communications efforts on landscapes, plants, and land care.

Awards & Recognition:

  • 2025  GardenComm Gold Laurel Medal of Achievement for newsletters, presented by GardenComm: Garden Communicators International.
  • 2024  GardenComm Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement for newspaper columns,  presented by GardenComm: Garden Communicators International.
  • 2022  Leslie J. Mehrhoff Award by the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group for communications efforts on behalf of invasive plant management and extensive removal projects at a state forest.
  • 2021  Westbrook, CT, Garden Club was awarded both state and national recognition for their work at the Tom O’Dell Memorial Meadow Walk. Kathy Connolly was the designer.
  • 2013  Merit Award from the Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District for lakeside buffer garden at Lake Hayward, East Haddam, CT

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