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Speaking
A good speaker provides a balance of entertainment, information and inspiration, and a great speaker is also a good storyteller C.L. Fornari, gardenweb.com
 Yolanda Vanveen, Owner, Vanveenbulbs.com
“Yolanda, the Exotic Gardener”
Speaker, Writer, Featured on the PBS Show, “Smart Gardening,”
Radio Talk Show Guest
423 Modrow Road
Kalama, WA 98625
1-888-289-2852, 503-970-2992
Contact: info@vanveenbulbs.com
Topics:
Power Point Presentations and Hand Outs Available.
• "Red Hot Pokers Love Naked Ladies-Great Plant Combinations"
• "Exotic Bulbs for the Garden and Containers"
• "Plant Flower Bulbs Now for Year Round Color"
• "Exotic South African Flower Bulbs in Your Garden"
• "A Report From the Indigenous Bulb Society of South Africa Symposium 2006"
• "Tips on Selecting and Planting Flower Bulbs For Sun or Shade"
• "Enabling Your Gardening Addiction with Flower Bulbs"
• "Cover Your Lawn With Raised Beds Full of Flower Bulbs"
• "Get Your Garden Party Started With Flower Bulbs"
• "Preparing the Garden for Winter"-Master Gardening Power Point Presentation
BIO:
• Owner, Vanveenbulbs.com for 15 years
• Graduate Clark County Washington, Master Gardening Program 2004
• Featured on the PBS Show, “Smart Gardening”
• Regular Guest on Radio Garden Talk Shows: Ciscoe Morris, Ed Hume, Scott Conner,
Mallory Gwynn
• Appeared in Movies and TV Shows: The Hunted, We the Jury, Crowned and Dangerous,
Switched at Birth
• Garden Writer with Articles Published in the Columbian, Northwest Garden News, and the WSU
Master Gardener Newsletter and Website
• US Delegate to the Indigenous Bulb Society of South Africa Symposium near Cape Town,
August 2006
• Speaker at Garden Shows: Tacoma, Clark County, Portland, Puyallup & Eugene Garden Shows
• Speaker at Garden Clubs: Multnomah, Ridgefield, Eastmoreland, Milwaukie, Wilsonville,
Estacada, Seaside, Seal Rock, Canby, and Eugene Hardy Plant Society
• Garden Tour Guide to South Africa and England
Fees:
Negotiable. For speaking engagements in Washington and Oregon I can offer flower bulbs to sell before and after the presentation. At all talks I supply raffle and/or door prizes and at the end of each talk, I throw out free bulbs to people in the audience.
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