Teresa Byington’s Bloom Thyme Cottage Gardens weaves together her love of roses from heirlooms to the most modern shrubs and their garden companions. She has planted 120 roses alongside annuals, herbs, shrubs, trees, perennials and a few veggies. Teresa’s garden was recently featured in Garden Gate Magazine’s January 2022 edition, The American Rose Society Nov/Dec edition, and Midwest Living in June of 2023.
Teresa's program will include tips and tricks for creating a cottage garden or adding cottage garden elements to your garden and a tour of her garden. She will also make recommendations on plants that work well in a cottage garden setting. She is an active member of the American Rose Society and the Indianapolis Rose Society.
She is a Consulting Rosarian, Master Gardener, Former President of the Indianapolis Rose Society and winner of the Bronze Medal. Teresa serves currently on the Board of the Indianapolis Rose Society as their Website and Social Media Chairman. Her blog, TheGardenDiary.
com tells of her adventures in the garden and in life, as well as promotes roses as an integral part of her cottage garden. She is also the host of the Rose Chat podcast, dedicated to all aspects of growing roses and you can find her on Youtube at https://www.youtube.
com/ @TeresaByington. Teresa is now the proud owner of the beautiful mini-shrub Petite Peach. A sport of Petite Pink was found in her garden in 2019.
Since then, Petite Peach has been on a wild ride that has resulted i.
