Nicole lectures frequently at garden clubs, plant societies, and historical organizations. Contact her at nicolejuday@gmail.com for more information. Other recent speaking engagements include:

“Five Great Old Roses for Today’s Gardens”, Woody Plant Conference, Villanova, PA, 2012

“Made in China: How one rose revolutionized what we grow today”, lecture for West Jersey Rose Society, Philadelphia Rose Society, 2012

“Lost Landscapes of Philadelphia, the Gardens of Lemon Hill and Stenton”, tour, 2012

“Historic Quaker Landscapes”, daylong field trip offered through Morris Arboretum, November, 2011

“The Little Garden that Could”, lecture at annual conference of American Public Garden Association, June 2011

“Useful Uses for Roses: More than just Potpourri” June 2011

“The Empress, the Quaker, and the Flower they Loved,” lecture at the American Philosophical Society, May 2011

“A Short History of Gardening in Historic Germantown” Stenton, April 2011

“Roses: Scents and Sensibility,” lecture at Philadelphia Flower Show, March 2011

“Using the Landscape to Drive Visitation, Fundraising, and Programming,” lecture for annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2009