KathyPurdy
Kathy Purdy gardens on 15 acres roughly halfway between Whitney Point and Greene. She writes for Horticulture, Fine Gardening, The American Gardener, and Upstate Gardeners' Journal. (Read full list here.)
She publishes and is the principal contributor to ColdClimateGardening.com, a website dedicated to providing gardening information and help to northern gardeners. One of the longest-running garden blogs on the web, Cold Climate Gardening also provides links, book reviews, and plant profiles to help you successfully garden in the northern climates of USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder.
CCG is based in New York's Southern Tier and promotes horticultural and agricultural events in upstate NY. We maintain a public Google calendar of upstate NY horticultural events, and would love to have your event included.
Recent Blog Posts
Two Houses, part 2
January 03, 2012 by Kathy Purdy
Filed under Garden Blogs
In the Oakland hills near the Berkeley border is Chapel of the Chimes, a columbarium. Renovated and expanded by Julia Morgan, the architect of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, it is a melding of Spanish and Gothic styles with arches, latticing and copious stained glass. I’ve been visiting since I was very young and it [...]
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Two Houses, part 1
January 02, 2012 by Kathy Purdy
Filed under Garden Blogs
The street I grew up on was lined with Sycamore trees. Their leafy masses were a delight in summer and always produced some good-natured grumbling during fall raking. These were small city lots and as time moved on problems developed. Blocked sewer lines became common and sidewalks started to lift and shift, making walking difficult [...]
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