Gardening Matters

10/02/2026

Here are all 7 centerpieces for the banquet of the Greater Rochester Perennial Society. Now I want one for myself(of course)

10/01/2026

Starting a fun fall project. More to come.

09/12/2026

I was reviving a cedar bush today. It’s always fun to give a neglected plant a new lease on life.

09/03/2026

This Steichen exhibit was stunning! Go if you can at the GEM.

09/02/2026

If you haven’t seen this exhibit at the George Eastman Museum, you have until 9/6 to see it. It is wonderful. I had no idea that Steichen hybridized the Connecticut Yankees delphiniums. So much great garden art and information.

09/01/2026

Look who I ran into at the cemetery of all places-

08/31/2026

Wow. I didn’t know this history. Worth a trip. Buffalo is all about gardens.

Tucked into South Park is a glass palace that was once one of the largest greenhouses on Earth. 🌿 The conservatory opened in 1900 as the final piece of Frederick Law Olmsted's last major park design, and it was built by the Lord and Burnham Company, the same firm behind some of the era's grandest glasshouses in London.

When it opened, this $130,000 glass structure ranked as the third largest public greenhouse in the entire United States and ninth largest in the world. 🏛️ Beneath its curved glass dome, the Palm Dome still rises today, and one greenhouse quietly holds the largest public collection of ivy anywhere in the country.

More than a century later, the conservatory still stands on its original site, now listed on both the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places. Every season the glasshouse fills with a completely different world of plants, but that same Victorian glass skeleton has sheltered them all since 1900. 🌺

08/22/2026

Great time for a Fall workshop! Sign up now for my FALL FRONT YARD REFRESH. I’m doing this for some of my clients right now. Transplanting, replacing, refreshing all garden areas, not just fronts. Join me in my gardens!

Gardening Matters, led by K.C. Fahy-Harvick, provides expert garden design and horticultural workshops specializing in perennials, ponds, and innovative landscapes. Over 30 years of experience in transforming gardens across Rochester, NY.

08/16/2026

This is going to be great fun! Join me in my gardens for a new design class or my fall gardening class. Just go to my website for more info and to register. August 29th coming fast!!
www.gardeningmatters.com