Speaker: Teresa Woodard — Award-winning author and magazine writer/editor
For those of you compelled to make room for “just one more plant,” this talk is for you. In Teresa’s newest book Garden to the Max (Timber Press 2025), she dives into the maximalist style as it boldly unfolds in the garden. She will showcase 20 maximalist gardens with gorgeous images by photographer Bob Stefko. She'll share how these talented garden creatives curate plant collections, defy rules, build drama with multiples of plants, or max out all-sized spaces to support nature. Her wish is for gardeners to find great joy in designing highly personalized jam-packed patios, exuberant tropical paradises, wildly diverse habitats for birds and butterflies, and stylized plant collections. Besides, the Earth and all its wildlife will thank you.
If you want your copy of Garden to the Max signed, pick up the day of or after the program on Friday, February 27.
Explore a maximalist approach to gardening with this vibrant photography book that features 20 aspirational gardens that prove "more" is better.
Having a maximalist garden is a bold aesthetic choice—yet it also brings vitality back to the earth, in an abundant expression of more. Garden to the Max celebrates gardens across the US that embrace maximalism through joy and wonder, nonstop blooms, and abundant layers. The book is a feast of gorgeous photography by Bob Stefko, showcasing individual quirkiness, wild collections, and bold, personality-packed plant combinations that amplify the grandeur of each garden’s unique vision, packing in plants for their exuberant style and ecological benefits.
Registration includes live presentation (in-person only), Q&A session and admission to Wing Haven’s gardens. No virtual options available.
$28/Member
$38/Non-member
$15/Student
Meet the Speaker
About Teresa Woodard: Teresa Woodard brings a background in magazine writing and gardening experience. She is author of Garden to the Max: Joyful, Visionary, Maximalist Design (Timber Press 2025) and co-author of the American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens (Timber Press 2022). During her 16-year writing career, she has written and produced garden content for regional and national publications including Better Homes & Gardens and Country Gardens and currently serves as contributing garden editor at Midwest Living magazine and content creator for digital garden media. She has won Gold and Silver Media Awards from GardenComm. Outside of work, she gardens at her home near Columbus, Ohio, volunteers at an urban garden teaching youth about growing food, and advises America in Bloom communities across the country.
