Ellen explains, “Gardeners are notorious for trying to grow things that shouldn’t live in their gardens. The wonder of it is not that so many plants are killed in this process, but that so many are not. How is it that when a plant grows far from its native habitat, under conditions bearing no resemblance to same, it manages to survive and even thrive?” 

With this theme, Ellen will present some of the less probable inhabitants of her garden and explain why she thinks they are successful. She will share tales of her travels and how she has come to “cheerfully trash the use of hardiness zones".