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The Right-Size Flower Garden

“Kerry Mendez has amassed a tremendous knowledge and expertise in horticulture, yet she is able to pass along this knowledge in a completely approachable way that feels more like a friendly conversation over the garden fence than a lecture. Her enthusiasm for flowers and gardening is truly infectious and her passion for sharing is boundless. In this complicated and overscheduled age, Kerry brings a simple, no nonsense approach that will show you how to have beautiful gardens without spending a fortune of time or money.”

~ William Cullina, award-winning author and Executive Director of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

“In The Right-Size Flower Garden, Kerry Ann Mendez’s voice is warm and welcoming…and oh so REAL! With her friendly guidance, a low-maintenance garden is not only possible, it’s downright life-changing! Don’t let your garden hold you hostage – let Kerry show you how to pare-it-down while jazzing-it-up!”

~ Jessica Walliser, author of Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control and Good Bug Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically

“The Right-size Flower Garden offers wise guidance for garden enthusiasts of all levels. Through Kerry’s work as a gardener, teacher, author and lecturer, she has helped many discover the world of gardening and horticulture. Kerry Mendez is a 2014 Gold Medal Awardee, an honor Massachusetts Horticultural Society bestows on distinguished individuals who promote horticulture for the public good.”

~ Katherine K. Macdonald, President, Massachusetts Horticultural Society

“In these busy times, everyone can appreciate a manageable garden. Kerry Ann Mendez is the best person to show us all how – with humor. Kerry Ann has repeatedly inspired standing-room-only crowds at the annual PHS Philadelphia Flower Show with her time-saving tips and user-friendly garden designs.”

~ Patricia Schrieber, Director of Education,~ Barley Van Clief, Tree Tenders Project Manager,The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

“As a gardener whose garden is never quite big enough, I expect that Kerry Ann will instruct me how to squeeze in everything I could possibly want to grow – and not into heaving acres but into a garden that is just the right size; in this case ‘right’ means ‘manageable.’”

~ Ethne Clarke, author, photojournalist, and former Editor in Chief, Organic Gardening; Garden Editor, Traditional Home; Contributing Editor, House & Garden

“Kerry Mendez is a garden author and lecturer who incorporates humor, abundant excitement, knowledge, and above all a passion for low-maintenance garden and landscape design. Kerry is the perfect author to approach the topic of right-sizing a garden to fit changing lifestyles. In her new book The Right-Size Flower Garden, Kerry presents a step-by-step method to create a garden in balance with your lifestyle.”

~ Dr. Steven Still, Executive Director, the Perennial Plant Association and former professor of landscape horticulture at The Ohio State University