The Garden Club of Harrington Park will welcome Chris Raimondi as their guest speaker on Thursday May 7, 2015 at 7:30 pm at the Harrington Park Library, 10 Herring Street, Harrington Park, New Jersey. Chris will present "Adding Tropical Color to Your Seasonal Plantings", a look at how color and structure can bring a festive tropical feel to your garden.
In recent years we've seen more and more succulents and cacti used in planters. Chris will show how tropical plants can be incorporated into the garden landscape with their hot colors and their unusual shapes and textures. The exotic brightly colored flowers, large broad leaves, and lush green foliage of the these plants added to a patio pot can make for a stunning accent simply by growing one tropical flower per large container, and adding colorful annuals around the base. He'll explain designing with tropics along with caring for these beauties.
The outdoor garden season is just beginning and Mr. Raimondi will be planting some new ideas gardeners can use to accomplish the look of one of the hot trends in gardening.
Chris Raimondi, CLP, heads The Raimondi Group, Inc., an Award-Winning Horticultural Company serving corporate and residential clients in the New York tri-state area. He received his degree in Horticulture from the State University of New York at Farmingdale.
Raimondi teaches Horticultural courses as an Adjunct Professor at the New York Botanical Garden and the New Jersey Botanical Garden, and is a Professor at Bergen Community College, where he also serves on the horticultural Advisory Board. He has appeared on television and radio programs and has authored articles in the US and abroad.
Raimondi has been a volunteer firefighter and officer for over 25 years. He serves as a Shade Tree Commissioner in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus and is an active member of Ridgewood Project Pride, made up of a committee of Ridgewood residents who seek to preserve and beautify Ridgewood’s public area. Raimondi feels that “It has been both my privilege and pleasure to volunteer for organizations that are integral to the welfare of the community’’.
All gardeners, active and armchair, from any town, are welcome to attend the program.
For more details or directions, click here or contact Garden Club President Gerri Gibney at 201-768-2615.
