Live Event: December 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. EDT
Narrow spaces call for plants with vertical ambition. Mark Dwyer, garden manager of the Edgerton Hospital Healing Garden in Wisconsin, and longtime plantsman, surveys the best columnar and fastigiate trees for gardens of every size in this webinar. These special trees deliver height, drama, and architectural punctuation without sprawling too wide and taking over too much real estate.
From tight urban lots to formal allées and striking focal points, Mark shares his top picks for form, seasonal interest, and reliability, along with placement tips to use these living exclamation points to best effect. This class is the perfect way to close out the year with big ideas for small footprints.
Register Today! Join Us Live, December 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. EDT
Mark Dwyer is the garden manager of the Edgerton Hospital Healing Garden in Wisconsin. He is also a regional reporter for the Midwest at FineGardening.com and a frequent contributor to numerous horticultural publications and websites.
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