Whether experienced or a novice, the challenge for a present-day landscape/gardener is to design as a naturalist with a “waste not, want not” ecological commitment: be a caretaker of the environmental community. As a 'hands-on' landscape gardener, Wright gardens a 2-acre woodland site located in Central VA.

Featured by PBS TV VA Home Grown for her eco-activities, Wright strategies respect an existing vista as well as preserve and enhance its health. As a designer, she creates for her clients designs that include for any style garden, plants not selected simply to provide contrast of structure, texture, and color, but make environmental contributions.

In addition to her design and garden activities, Wright is a columnist and features writer for home and garden magazines.

Gigi Amateau, author of the award winning youth novel Claiming Georgia Tate, describes Wright’s writing as, “thrilling, to tell the truth. She really nails it. I laughed and loved the whole thing. In the past couple of years, I have gotten away from gardening (except in my mind); Wright’s words reminded me why I love to work in the earth in the first place.”

A Virginia Master Gardener and American Horticulture Society member, Wright is a graduate of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s landscape design program and VA Natural Resource Leadership Institute.  She is a well-known speaker for the Nursery and Landscape Associations as well as garden and civic clubs and was a featured speaker for the Garden Writer’s Conference held in Canada, 2006 and 2008 Maymont Flower and Garden Show, and Green Festival held in DC. Wright is the recipient of the VA Horticulture Foundation 2005 educator’s award. 

As MC for the annual VA Garden Festival, Wright invites you to attend. Details - 

The Virginia Green Industry Council (VGIC) challenges Virginians to Keep Virginia Green and Growing, ‘become champions for the environment’ during their Virginia Garden Festival (and more …) held (rain or shine)  at the Garner Pavilion (located between the Science Museum of VA and Children’s Museum of Richmond), 2500 West Broad Street, in Richmond Virginia.  For directions, see web site www.smv.org and event details see http://www.virginiagardening.com/virginiagardenfestival.htm . Festival admission and parking is 'free'. 

              

Wright's Woodland Garden
featured by  
                      Boomer Magazine,
         State-by-State Gardening  magazines &
           The Best of Birds & Blooms  2006

Eco-chic Landscape/Garden Designs

In 2007-8, Wright partnered with the Great Big Greenhouse to emphasize ‘greening’ the Greater Richmond Area’s landscapes. Presently, she 
emphasizes the newly implemented VA Beautiful Gardens plant introduction program. Details of her strategies are available in Wright's newly published book - From Eco-weak to Eco-chic: landscape green -

Readers describe Wright’s book as 

      “Sylvia’s eco-chic advocacy embodies every aspect of the consumer education campaign we hoped to inspire,” said Den Gardner, executive director of Project EverGreen, www.projectevergreen.com. “The judges were impressed with her ongoing effort to teach eco-green. For, our vision is to be a global organization that empowers people within communities to change society through the responsible creation and preservation of sustainable green spaces, such that the ever-increasing impacts of global warming in the world are measurably reduced; because Green Matters!”

        “Sneed’s commitment to organics, the community and the environment,” says designer Jenny Jenkins-Rash of Sneed’s Nursery & Garden Center located in Richmond Virginia “are echoed in Wright’s book: the challenge for the present-day homeowner is to create a garden from an eco-chic point of view, a ‘waste not, and want not’ ecological commitment: be a caretaker for the environmental community. We support Wright’s advocacy through hosting book signings and having her book on site for sale.”

To review or acquire a copy, link to LuLu.com http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/from-eco-weak-to-eco-chic-landscape-green/7539795 . To read a book review link to Local Talent, http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-14223-Richmond-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d25-From-Ecoweak-to-Ecochic-Landscape-Green-by-Sylvia-Hoehns-Wright-review .

 As a result of Wright's effort, she is the 2008 recipient of the 
 Turn America from Eco-weak to Eco-chic Award -
sponsored by Hines Horticulture, Project EverGreen and Today's Garden Center magazine. For details, see  http://projectevergreen.com/news/news-releases/2008/09/19/eco-chic-winners-announced/

As a Green Industry specialist, Wright invites you to blog. Link to her blog web site -  http://www.buildinggreentv.com/user/thewrightscoop/blog and add  comments.     

 

 

                                                 To schedule a consultation, speech or workshop on the topics of 
                                                                           Stewards of the Land
                                                             Eco-scapes - Outdoor Living at its Best! 
                                                                      Eco-Chic - Plants that Matter! 
                                                             Seasonal Maintenance or Theme Gardens     
                                                                                        contact:
                                                             The Wright - consultant, lecturer and wordsmith
                                                            Sylvia@TheWrightScoop.com or 804-672-6007