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Carol Chernega is:. . . a Workshop Leader . . . Carol leads hands-on pruning workshops. Her favorite gardening task is pruning, and she loves to share pruning tips with other gardeners. . . . a Lecturer . . . She lectures for a wide variety of groups. Her topics include gardening and English literature. She also teaches continuing education classes. . . . a Writer . . . She's the author of the tips booklet: How to Create an English Garden, which is only available on this web site. (learn more about our English garden booklet) She's currently writing a travel guide to the homes of English writers. She's been published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, National Wildlife Magazine, and Golf Course Management Magazine. . . . a Gardener . . . She's worked as a professional gardener since 1992. Carol especially enjoys helping people learn about plants they're not familiar with and helping them create a garden to which they'll enjoy coming home. She designed and installed extensive gardens at Cherry Wood Golf Course near Apollo, PA.
. . . an Anglophile . . . She's visited England 15 times in the past 11 years, feeding her passions for English garden history, literature, and English history. In 2005 she spent two months working in Jane Austen's garden in Chawton, England. (photo left; click for larger view) She's a retired President of the Western Pennsylvania Region of the Jane Austen Society (JASNA). Carol leads group tours to England, focusing on gardens and literature. . . .The English Garden Editor at BellaOnline . . . read Carol's articles on creating an English Garden at the BellaOnline web site Read more about Carol and her lecture on English Garden design. Carol's written for the following publications:
MEET YOUR PERSONAL GARDENERS:Lisa O'Toole has worked for One Garden at a Time since 2006. She loves to hand weed our client's gardens! Lisa's grandfather taught her much of what he knew about gardening, especially the importance of preparing the soil, and growing vegetables, roses and fruit trees. Lisa has fond memories of following behind her Pap as he double dug the garden beds. Her job was to pick out all the rocks! Lisa's an active member of the Murrysville Garden Club and has served on the Mayor's committee for the Route 22 Beautification. She earned her certificate as Landscape Design Consultant through the National Garden Club Federation, and has attended numerous seminars at Phipps Conservatory, Penn State University, and Chatham College. Lisa's favorite gardening tip: Composting! There's every reason to use what we have at our disposal in the form of kitchen scraps such as egg shells, coffee or tea grounds, vegetable scraps and lawn clippings and leaves. Compost builds the soil and creates a great growing environment for all plant material. Cathy Gothie has worked for One Garden at a Time since 2006. She received associate degrees in Horticulture and Floriculture from Westmoreland County Community College. Cathy especially enjoys hand pruning shrubs. Sally Fallat has worked for One Garden at a Time since 2007. She enjoys all aspects of gardening, but especially pruning. Pat Kolar started working for One Garden at a Time in 2008. Farming and gardening run deep in her family history and she's loved "playing in the dirt" since childhood. She especially enjoys the challenge of transforming neglected or unwieldy plants, shrubs and trees back to their natural beauty. After all, they need a "spa day" too! Pat's favorite garden tip: trim out the dead wood in shrubs before pruning. The shrub will look different right away and you can better select which branches to cut. JOIN OUR STAFF OF PERSONAL GARDENERS:Do you love gardening? One Garden at a Time is always looking for knowledgeable, dependable people who love to garden. Our year runs from early April to late October. We work Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We work mainly in Murrysville, Delmont, Export, and Fox Chapel, PA. Interested? Contact Carol here
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