Camden Garden Club welcomes speaker David Culp, author of The Layered Garden and winner of a Gold Medal from the Garden Writers Association, Tuesday morning, Feb. 3, at 10:30 a.m., via Zoom only. Participants can watch from home or join a Watch Party at The Camden Town Hall’s French Conference Room, according to the Garden Club, in a news release.

All are welcome. Every event starts at 10 with coffee and pastries and the formal program will run from 10:30 a.m. - 11:30-ish. 

David Culp will teach attendees how by “layering” we can create gardens with endless color and interest. He’ll show the group how to plan a layered garden by selecting plants based on how they grow and change throughout the seasons. To illustrate the impact of a layered garden, Culp will take the audience on a virtual tour through his celebrated garden, the Brandywine Cottage. The lecture culminates with his signature plants for all four seasons. 

As Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Cavano’s Perennials, Culp is the creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, which is listed in the Smithsonian Institution/Archives of American Gardens. His gardens have been featured on television and in numerous magazine publications. 

Culp is also the principal of David L. Culp Designs, owner of the galanthus nursery Brandywine Snowdrops and the developer of the Brandywine hybrid strain of hellebores. Culp has been lecturing about gardens nationwide for over 25 years and teaches about growing herbaceous perennials at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. 

His new book, A Year at Brandywine Cottage: Six Seasons of Beauty, Bounty and Blooms, takes the reader further, detailing how more than 30 years of creating his sensational year-round garden has provided an abundance of joy, both indoors and out, whether it’s choosing plants for twelve months of interest, weaving edibles into the mix, or bringing the bounty indoors with simple arrangements and homegrown recipes.

All are welcome.

Event Details:

• Time: Refreshments 10 AM, Presentation 10:30

• Location: Zoom, Watch Party in the French Conference Room in Camden’s Town Hall

• Registration: Pre-registration is encouraged as space is limited. Register at librarycamden.org/WHS

• Donations:  Will support the Camden Garden Club’s ongoing mission to promote gardening education, community beautification, and environmental stewardship throughout  Camden.

About The Winter Horticulture Series:

Since 1969, the Camden Garden Club has provided the Winter Horticulture Series of public talks to Camden area residents as a community service during Maine’s coldest months.