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Welcome to The Gardening Tutor!

You may notice that our website has no pop-ups or outside advertising. We hope you find this refreshing.

Mary Frost works as The Gardening Tutor in Santa Rosa, California.

When you subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter with Tips for Subscribers Only you will know right away that the Monthly Gardening Tips hav

Welcome to The Gardening Tutor!

You may notice that our website has no pop-ups or outside advertising. We hope you find this refreshing.

Mary Frost works as The Gardening Tutor in Santa Rosa, California.

When you subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter with Tips for Subscribers Only you will know right away that the Monthly Gardening Tips have been posted on our website. You can also sign up to receive Mary's BLOG Posts .

Follow The Gardening Tutor for How-To Gardening Videos on The Gardening Tutor's YouTube Channel or on Our Ad-Free Vimeo Channel.

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I look forward to hearing from you. -mary

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How The Gardening Tutor Can Help

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Are you just looking for some hands-on help to know what to do with your plants?

Mary remembers exactly what it's like to want a nice looking landscape and not know what to do and when to do it. The whole intention of The Gardening Tutor is to help build your gardening confidence by answering your questions and showing you how to make you

Are you just looking for some hands-on help to know what to do with your plants?

For more about the services we offer see our services page.

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Testimonials

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Testimonials

"After my husband and I moved into a new home about a year ago, we noticed that some of the plants were not thriving. Also, I was confused as to how to correctly prune and care for specific plants. We decided to consult with a gardening expert who could teach us proper gardening techniques. We feel so fortunate that we contacted Mary Frost, The Gardening Tutor. She is knowledgeable, friendly, talented, and magical with plants. Aside from educating me about pruning techniques, proper soil amendments, and watering issues, she taught me how to use my irrigation controller.

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Santa Rosa Magazine

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Bright yellow Nasturtiums in front of a brilliant, sea blue, gazed pottery background.

Daughter of a Sign Painter

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Two purple and orange pottery tea cups sitting on a purple miniature French style table with chairs. A red framed window sits behind the tea set with a clematis growing up the side. All this hanging on a fence.

Little Oasis article

San Francisco Chronicle

By Mary Frost in Sonoma County Gazette

Lots of flowers in white, pink, purple, orange and red on a black background.

A Guiding Hand for the beginner

Here's the back story about the photo of Mary in this article: You may notice dark circles under her eyes. When friend's saw this photo they knew something was up. It had been 5 days since she separated her shoulder. The photographer kept clicking away for what felt like forever and her arm was out of the sling.. That's pain right there. Ha!

By Mary Frost in Sonoma County Gazette

Close up of leaves with wide yellow edges and deep green centers.

Designing with and Care of Variegated Plants

You bought a plant because it had amazing looking leaves of different greens or other colors . . . and then it started to turn solid green. What happened? In this article you'll learn about reverting and how to stop it. Also, see a list of beautiful variegated plants you may not know about yet.