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Meet the Author: Teresa Woodard, author of Garden to the Max

Name: Meet the Author: Teresa Woodard, author of <i>Garden to the Max</i>
Start: 2025-03-19T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-19T18:30:00-04:00

March 19 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Garden to the Max Talk

Location: Kapnick Hall
What to expect: 45-minute talk, followed by a Q&A and book signing

For those of you compelled to make room for “just one more plant,” this talk is for you. In Teresa’s newest book Garden to the Max (Timber Press, February 2025), she dives into the maximalist style as it boldly unfolds in the garden. She will take you on an inspiring journey across the country with gorgeous images by photographer Bob Stefko of 20 maximalist gardeners. She’ll share how these talented garden creatives curate plant collections, defy rules, build drama with multiples of plants, or max out all-sized spaces to support nature.

While many are drawn to the maximalist style, it’s not as simple as throwing everything and the kitchen sink and seeing what sticks. There’s artistry in curating collections not to look like a hoarder’s mess. There’s finesse in using bold colors without appearing gaudy. There are tricks for daringly growing tropical plants outside their traditional growing zones. And there’s a skill to magically layering plants without creating garden chaos. Teresa will encourage you with these maximalist gardeners’ ideas and their bounty of plants, showy colors, foliage patterns, statement containers, and thoughtful accessories. Her wish is for gardeners to find great joy in designing highly personalized jam-packed patios, exuberant tropical paradises, wildly diverse habitats for birds and butterflies, and stylized plant collections. Besides, the Earth, and all its wildlife, will thank you.

Teresa Woodard, award-winning author, magazine writer & editor

Teresa Woodard brings a background in magazine writing and gardening experience. She is author of Garden to the Max (Timber Press 2025) and co-author of American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens (Timber Press 2022). During her 16-year writing career, she has written and produced garden content for regional and national publications including Better Homes & Gardens and Country Gardens and currently serves as contributing garden editor at Midwest Living magazine and content creator for digital garden media. She has won Gold and Silver Media Awards from GardenComm. Outside of work, she gardens at her home near Columbus, Ohio, volunteers at an urban garden teaching youth about growing food, and advises America in Bloom communities across the country.

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