May I suggest a good book? Or two? My column in the New London Day offers books for gardeners and nature lovers, for yourself or for gift giving.
Kathy Connolly, Landscape Designer, Speaker, Writer
Endorsements
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Kathy Connolly is a terrific asset to the Times newspapers. Her bimonthly column, Green & Growing, is a favorite of readers. A hands-in-the-dirt landscape and garden designer, she happily shares her ideas, tips and expertise. Anyone with an interest in the earth should regularly read Connolly’s columns.
Ann Baldelli, Times community newspapers, The Day New London, CT
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Kathy put in countless hours planning and designing the buffer, selecting and ordering plants—all CT natives—and supervising the site preparation and planting by community volunteers. Kathy turned what project partners imagined would be a functional vegetated buffer into a fabulous work of landscape art.
Jane Brawerman, Executive Director CT River Coastal Conservation District, Middletown, CT -
With Kathy's guidance and expertise, the all-native buffer garden at Lake Hayward is an example of how features used for water quality improvements and erosion control can be attractive as well as functional. Kathy's design exceeded the expectations of the Watershed Committee, and more importantly the Lake Residents.
Patricia Young, Eightmile River Watershed Haddam, CT -
"I am very pleased. Kathy helped me get the landscape I wanted. She introduced me to native plants I wouldn't have known to look for. Best of all, the new gardens already look as though they have always been there."
Elizabeth Karhu Manchester, CT -
Kathy gave me both the design advice and horticultural information I needed to reclaim an area that had gone entirely to weeds. The result is a joy to see every day, but I am also glad to know that most of the plants are native and support local nature. I wouldn’t have attempted it without someone of her insights to guide...
Sara Keaney Old Saybrook, CT
