Creative Use of Woody Plants at Stoneleigh - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 19, 2026

There’s power in numbers. That’s what the horticulture team at Stoneleigh, the historic estate turned native-focused public garden in Villanova, Pennsylvania, seems to be demonstrating time and again with its highly creative approach to using woody plants. Yes, planting a sumac or a viburnum shrub will attract hungry birds in fall. But what if you combined 10 carefully selected species of fruiting shrubs into swaths of songbird thickets, as Stoneleigh has been doing, offering not just a fall feast here and there, but cover and nesting habitat, too? Elsewhere, hedges and trees are paired with vines to up the beauty and... Read More ›