What people are saying about David and Kathryn’s presentations:

“Great speaker! I heard Deardorff and Wadsworth on the radio here last summer. They were really knowledgeable but also very entertaining. I didn’t mean to listen to the whole thing but I got caught up. Really worth the time!” Sheila Armstrong, Santa Fe, New Mexico

“I am so thrilled to have found Kathryn and her husband David as their Saturday classes are fun and I have learned soooooo much since moving to the Pacific Northwest through their classes. They have a way of delivering the information so that it is easy to understand and actually seeing and handling plants is very helpful. They obviously love what they do and I feel blessed to have found them!” Daria Frank, Port Townsend, WA

“Simply the Best! When you combine doctoral level knowledge with years of practical experience, and add generous dollops of wit, charm and even wisdom, what more could you ask for in professional garden speakers? David and Kathryn are dynamite. (And Oh-those-luscious photos!)” Jake Bickley, WA

“I look forward to their classes each week. I am new to this area and needed to learn what is different when gardening here, Excellent content, pleasant and responsive presentation style, clear and helpful handouts, and always ready for questions. The hour flies by and I go home smiling and ready to try my hand! Great work!” Barbara Miles, Port Townsend, WA

“Dr. David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth are a great team. We have benefited from their community classes and formal presentations. They are always organized, articulate, and use visuals that are extremely helpful. We are novice gardeners and are always impressed by their depth of knowledge and the clarity of their explanations.” David and Anita Weakley, native garden advocates and members Port Ludlow Garden Club, WA

“The Best Friends A Gardener Can Have!! I have known both David and Kathryn for several years. I cancel anything I have planned and even adjust my work schedule so that I can attend their garden classes and talks. They are absolutely full of knowledge and present it in such a way as even the newest gardener can understand and enjoy learning. Their talks are so informative and fun. They are down to earth real people. I would rate them 10 stars if I could.” Vi Koenig, Port Townsend, WA

“I loved their talk. So much information, but put in a way any layman could easily understand. I left feeling like I could go out and tackle my garden with confidence.” Karen Hollinger, Hawaii

“David and Kathryn are congenial, bright, and funny presenters with a heart for living things and decades of experience growing plants, from deserts to rainforests. This, and David’s formidable training in botany, make them serious experts. I am an experienced gardener, and they always show me new ways to get nature to do the heavy lifting in my garden. I love how they blend their sensible and simple organic gardening techniques with the science, ethics, and aesthetics behind them.” Judith Heath, Port Townsend, WA

“Kathryn and David are great speakers. Their material is excellent, the photographs beautiful, but more important the way they share and engage the audience is wonderful and rare indeed. I would drive a very long way to hear them speak, and recommend them to gardeners and nature lovers everywhere. Brilliant, charming, and fun!” Becky Cantrell, Hawaii

“Like a good concert. Well planned, well executed and enjoyable to listen to. Good use of Power Point. Information was easy to understand but not ‘dumbed down’, great interaction with the participants. I learned what I came for and can’t wait for another class. I highly recommend them. I loved the talk and I left wanting more.” Barbara Ansley, WA

“David and Kathryn are expert and engaging speakers. I love listening to them.” Louise Carroll, Sun City West, AZ

“What a great idea to have them on NPR. Even out here in Hawaii I could hear them then.” Morgen Bahurinsky, Hilo, HI

“I only wish we could have such knowledgeable, down to earth (so to speak) garden/eco-system speakers as regulars on NPR and other radio stations across the country! Bravo Kathryn and Bravo David!” Donna Snow, WA

“David and Kathryn are the most knowledgeable and the most popular speakers at our Garden Center. Customers ask daily when they’re coming back to give another talk. Their easy-going, low-key style, backed up by solid science, is perfectly suited to any audience.” — Michael and Michelle Henery, Owners, Henery’s Garden Center, Port Townsend, WA

“David and Kathryn have spoken to us many times and this year they agreed to speak on “Bees, Bugs and Slugs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. Their talks are always very informative, clear, and easy to follow. Great slides give a good look at both the problem and the culprit. Their enthusiasm for their topic and their love of the subject are contagious. They are both willing to answer questions and discuss various individual problems. As program chair, I found them to be incredibly easy to work with.” — Barrie Gustin, Communication Chair, Amateur Back Yard Garden Bumbler, Port Ludlow Garden Club

“I first met David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth when David gave an excellent presentation to the Jefferson County Master Gardeners during their seminar season early in 2007. Since then I’ve attended other presentations given to various local garden clubs, and always find their pleasant manner and vast knowledge make quite an impression on the several hundred attendees. I cannot say enough good things about David and Kathryn; they are wonderful, have unparalleled expertise, and always impress audiences with down-to-earth delivery of their information.” — Teresa Forrest, Port Ludlow, WA

“David Deardorff has been the botany instructor for our annual Master Gardener training for the past two years. After the first year, I asked him to teach plant ID as well. David is an engaging speaker who can take a dry subject, such as botany, and make it come alive. One of my students told me she’d studied botany in college but never knew it could be so much fun. David’s classes have received excellent evaluations from my Master Gardener trainees. Gorgeous slides always score big points, too.” — Elaine Anderson, Master Gardener Program Coordinator, WSU King County Extension

“I have heard David speak on several occasions and always enjoyed his casual, upbeat style while simultaneously receiving a download of facts that only come from experience with your subject. A couple of years ago, he presented a talk on using native plants in your home garden. He brought a variety of plants with him, in pots, to illustrate the points he was making and you could feel the enthusiasm building in the audience.” — Linda Landkammer, Project Coordinator, Washington Native Plant Society