"The Well-Tended Perennial Garden" will be the topic for Tracy DiSabato-Aust, author of a best-selling book of the same name, when she delivers the 20th annual Cornell Plantations William J. Hamilton Jr. Lecture Wednesday, Oct. 30.
DiSabato-Aust's 7:30 p.m. presentation in the James Law Auditorium, Schurman Hall, at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is free and open to the public. Following the lecture, the nationally recognized garden writer and photographer will attend a reception and book signing.
"This presentation will be especially interesting to gardeners who recognize the need to provide ongoing care for their perennials, but may not be familiar with the latest techniques," said Donald A. Rakow, the Elizabeth Newman Wilds Director of Cornell Plantations.
DiSabato-Aust, a garden consultant with more than 25 years of horticultural experience, has studied, worked and taught in the United States, Canada and Europe. She owns Horticultural Classics and Consultations, a garden design/installation/maintenance business. She also is a frequent guest on the cable channel Home and Garden Television and on national radio gardening programs. Her magazine articles appear in Fine Gardening and Garden Design. DiSabato-Aust has served on the staff of the Chadwick Arboretum in Ohio and has received numerous plaudits, including the 2002 Perennial Plant Association Honor Award.
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, published in 1998, was the first book to focus on the specific pruning needs of perennials, which explains why DiSabato-Aust is sometimes known as the "queen of deadheading." Her latest book, The Well-Designed Mixed Garden, is scheduled for release by Timber Press in January 2003.
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