On This Good Earth: A History of Gardening in America (Old St. Andrews)

We garden for many reasons: sustenance, beauty, relaxation and ecology are just a few examples. Garden choices and practices reflect the larger society at any given moment. During this 250th birthday for the United States we will take a look at gardening trends throughout the years and how they were influenced by – and impacted – 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. She recently retired from both the state coordinator and the Hartford County coordinator positions for the UConn Extension Master Gardener program. She serves on the Board of Directors of the CT Horticultural Society as well as the education committees of both the CT Horticultural Society and the CT Nursery and Landscape Association. Sarah is also an instructor for the Connecticut Certified Horticulturalist program and the UConn Extension Master Gardener program.

Sarah gardens in the northern part of the state under the watchful eye of her current border collie, who digs up mole tunnels for amusement.