Effective communication is a vital skill for Master Gardeners, whether you’re leading a workshop, speaking to a community group, or sharing gardening tips with fellow enthusiasts. The ability to convey your knowledge clearly and with impact can strengthen your connections and elevate your influence. In this session, award-winning speaker Peggy Hill will share expert strategies and practical tips to help you communicate more effectively. Learn how to engage your audience, inspire action, and deliver your gardening expertise with confidence. You’ll discover how to control your fear, eliminate filler words, use powerful gestures, and even add humor to keep your audience engaged. Peggy will show you how to connect with your listeners in a way that ensures your message is not only heard but truly understood and appreciated.

Peggy Hill is an award-winning speaker, writer, and plant ho. Her speaking credits include being the keynote speaker for Longleaf Botanical Gardens Spring Garden Symposium in 2022, presenting a session on how to add humor at GardenComm’s annual conference in 2023, and multiple presentations to Master Gardeners, Garden clubs, and Garden shows in Nashville and Chicago. A two-time first-place winner at Toastmasters District 77 (covering Alabama, and parts of Mississippi, and Florida), she has penned over 100 articles for Alabama Gardener magazine, where her witty back-page pieces earned her a loyal following.