Audience Reviews of Chapman
Karen Chapman
in Cactus, Succulents, Container, Balcony, Rooftop, Garden Design, Ornamentals, Timber Press Authors, Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs
If you love plants, have a good sense of humor and enjoy meeting fellow gardening enthusiasts we are meant to meet!
Gardening should be FUN and that's what I'm all about; learn while you laugh, and never take yourself (or your garden) too seriously
Karen is truly inspiring…
susanne dubois from San Diego - 05/10/2017 18:49:21
Karen will make you see your garden from a whole new perspective. She is entertaining as well as knowledgeable. Being a flower buff I tended to ignore the beauty of foliage and she really opened my eyes. The good/bad news is I went home after her talk and repotted and rearraigned things using what I learned. I love the results!
San Diego Hort. presentation
Jim Bishop from CA - 05/10/2017 12:33:15
I'm president of SDHS and Karen was wonderful to work with as well as gave a great presentation. Our attendance at the meeting was bit higher than normal and I noticed a lot of San Diego garden designers in the audience. She was definitely in control of the room and able to work with our setup as though she had been there many times. Informative, fun and entertaining.
Great speaker!
Susi Torre-Bueno from San Diego - 05/09/2017 14:39:34
I thoroughly enjoyed Karen's presentation for the San Diego Horticultural Society on May 8, 2017. She talked about foliage use in the garden, showing many attractive and inspiring images and explaining why certain plant combinations are beautiful and useful. Her examples included a plant palette suitable to our climate zone, and she did a short demo using live plants (which were given away at the end of the talk) that was excellent and very engaging. I highly recommend her.
Engaging and Informative Speaker
Kim Van Atta from Newcastle, WA - 04/29/2017 21:40:56
Karen's presentation style is engaging and her knowledge of both plants and design is extensive. She provides specific and concrete ideas regarding plant selection, planting technique and design. These bits of knowledge make it easy for audience members to transfer learning to their own garden projects. Her wit and wisdom make her a gem of a speaker!
Makes Her Design Formula Easy
Judy Roberts-Wabey from Edmonds, WA - 03/17/2017 17:24:55
Karen's talk made her audience feel they could actually duplicate the principles she was teaching. Our club was unanimous in her praise.