Kerry Mendez

Kerry Ann Mendez, owner of Perennially Yours in Ballston Spa, NY, is dedicated to teaching people of all ages the art of low-maintenance perennial gardening and landscaping. As a garden consultant, designer, writer, teacher and lecturer, she focuses on time-saving gardening techniques and workhorse plant material as well as organic practices.  Over 7,000 people have taken her classes.  She has been in People, Places & Plants, Fine Gardening, How-To Gardening, Garden Gate, Better Homes and Gardens' Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living and Saratoga Living magazines. She has also been a featured guest on HGTV with Paul Tukey from People, Places & Plants and was the 2004-2005 perennial host for Capital News 9’s In The Garden television segment. Mendez currently does gardening info segments for Channel 13.  She is the garden columnist for Life@Home magazine and writes freelance pieces for regional and national magazines.  She was one of three selected women featured in a ‘momtreprenuers’ special on Channel 6 CBS television. Mendez has conducted 800 home garden and landscape consultations in Upstate New York and New England.  She is a self-taught gardener with over 20 years of experience and a ‘passionate perennialist’ that enjoys mixing humor with practical information for creating low-maintenance perennial gardens. She is a member of the Perennial Plant Association, national Garden Writers Association, and a federated garden club. For more about Kerry Ann Mendez and Perennially Yours, please visit www.pyours.com.