On This Good Earth: A History of Gardening in America

We garden for many reasons: sustenance, beauty, relaxation, and ecology, to name a few. Garden choices and practices reflect the larger society at any given moment. During this 250th birthday of the United States, we will take a look at gardening trends throughout the years and how they were influenced and impacted by ideas and events of their time.

Sarah Bailey is a Connecticut Certified Horticulturalist and a UConn Advanced Master Gardener.  A graduate of the University of Vermont and the UMass Green School, she has worked in the horticultural industry for the last three decades as, variously, a retail nursery manager, a private gardener and garden designer, and a consultant for several landscape firms.