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The Gardening Tutor Services and Featured Video

How To Prune a Hybrid Tea Rose Part One


Learn how to prune your dormant hybrid tea rose with this up close and descriptive video! This is part one of three parts. At the end of the video you'll see some tips to help you remember what we've covered. Roses are very forgiving-you can do this! 


Remember to watch our How-To Videos through to the end to see the extra tips. 

The Gardening Tutor Services

Consultation

Personal Shopper

Consultation

Purple leaves of Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea', Phormium 'Maori Queen', and Carex testacea

Sometimes you just need the green light to take out plants that you think should go but you haven't wanted to make a mistake. Or maybe you have a long list of questions  on your mind about everything in your garden. You want to do something but don't know where to start. The Gardening Tutor can help with all this and more. Get started right away by contacting Mary now.

Tutoring

Personal Shopper

Consultation

Spiky flowers of Pink Veronica, pink and white Calibrachoa, and fluffy purple Heliotrope.

After you meet with Mary you may have specific projects you'd like to complete. Whether it's drip irrigation, pruning ornamental or fruit trees, grooming ornamental plants, or tackling pests, some one-on-one tutoring will build your confidence. Plus, it's fun!

"It doesn't take patience to tutor someone because I love what I do. Seeing when a person really gets it is the highlight of my day" 

-Mary

Personal Shopper

Personal Shopper

Personal Shopper

Bright yellow flowers of Iceland Poppies against cobalt blue, glazed potty container.

Having The Gardening Tutor as your personal shopper saves you time and heartache. Let Mary shop for plants and other garden related products. She only picks the healthiest, best formed plants and high quality products. Or choose to bring her along to consult while you shop, so you can learn how to choose the best plants and which plants to leave at the nursery.

Pruning

Drip Irrigation Tutoring

Personal Shopper

Looking down at the ground from inside a Camphor tree while pruning.

Either learn how to prune or have Mary prune for you. 

Your pruning confidence is going to soar as you learn where and why to make cuts , which type of cuts to make, and what time of year to make them. 

Drip Irrigation Tutoring

Drip Irrigation Tutoring

Drip Irrigation Tutoring

Photo of small in-line shut off valve for drip irrigation. A dime sits next to it to show the size.

After just one tutoring session with The Gardening Tutor,  to learn the skills of drip irrigation, your confidence will be so improved ! How to fix a leak in the mainline, add or remove an emitter, repair a break in the mainline, program your irrigation controller, and much more. You will not have to wait for help with drip irrigation again. You will know what to do and how to do it!

Garden Sitting

Drip Irrigation Tutoring

Drip Irrigation Tutoring

Grouping of terra cotta pots in various sizes filled with purple and pink flowers and yummy foliage.

Have you ever gone away on vacation thinking that your garden irrigation system is working just great only to come home and find out that some plants received no water or that the irrigation system had problems and water was everywhere? Mary will care for your garden while you are away with the same passion she cares for her own garden. 

More Services

Plant ID

Selling Your Home

Plant ID

Fluffy, white starfish like flowers of astilbe.

The Gardening Tutor plant identification service is helpful to any gardener but especially to those of you who have just purchased a house with an established garden. Consult with Mary in each season as new plants come up. You'll learn what each plant is and how to take care of it throughout the year. 

Gardener

Selling Your Home

Plant ID

Pink Flowers of Mophead Hydrangea.

Mary is the gardener for several gardens in the Santa Rosa area. This service is detailed work. Mary cares for your garden just as she cares for her own. You and your plants will be so happy! Although there is a waiting list for regularly scheduled clients, please call anytime you want Mary to fit your garden into her schedule for specific pruning tasks you'd like her to do.  

Selling Your Home

Selling Your Home

Selling Your Home

Looking up at a Begonia flower with petals of creamy yellow with rose pink edges.

The Gardening Tutor will evaluate your property and work with you to create a yard that adds that extra enticement to the potential buyer. For the client who is selling their home, The Gardening Tutor always keeps in mind what you can do for the most impact with the least out of pocket expense.

Gift Certificates, How-To Videos, and Note Cards

Gift Certificates

What a perfect gift for the beginner gardener in your life or for a friend who laments to you about their inability to create a garden that thrives. The Gardening Tutor has gift certificates that will surely be a welcomed surprise. To purchase call or email Mary.

How-To Videos on YouTube

The Gardening Tutor YouTube Channel has several How-To Videos for you to enjoy.

"When I started posting The Gardening Tutor videos I wanted viewers to feel as if they were right alongside me. So, you won't see my face but you will see very detailed video of what I'm doing so you can do it too!" -Mary

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Note Cards

"Are you always searching  beautiful note cards that are blank inside so you can write your own greetings? Me too. These can be so hard to find! So, I've decided to create my own note card collections for The Gardening Tutor. All the photos are taken by me and mostly from The Demonstration Garden here in Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, California! Given as a pack they make a great gift."  -Mary 

 Purchase Note Cards by phone or email.

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