Re: More Good News on an Old Topic & Request for Expert

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Doreen, I don't know whether you are writing about a specific area, but  Dale 
Hendricks is co-owner of North Creek Nurseries in Landenberg,  Pennsylvania, 
a wholesale propagation nursery for native plants. Dale is a  sought-after 
lecturer on natives, often speaks at the Native Plants in the  Landscape 
Conference at Millersburg University, and is also an expert on native  meadows -- he's 
very down to earth with lots of practical advice. Just a few  years ago, 
North Creek introduced a branded line of native plants called  American Beauties 
to make selection easier for the average gardener who wants to  go green but 
doesn't know a whole lot about it; I wrote about this line at its  introduction, 
and as I recall the intent was to adjust the mix of plants  offered under the 
label regionally. Don't know whether that has happened yet.  North Creek's 
web site is _http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/_ 
(http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/) 

There is enormous interest in native plants in the Greater  Philadelphia 
region, and many public gardens offer workshops and lectures and  demos on how to 
use them in the garden, in containers, as hummingbird and  butterfly lures, to 
create wildlife corridors, etc... plus there are several big  native plant 
sales each year (in addition to commercial nurseries' offerings) to  make it 
easy for homeowners to make sure they are buying natives.  

Also, Mt Cuba Center, in northern Delaware, has for many years  specialized 
in the study of native plants of the Piedmont, and is wonderful  source of 
information on native plants and how to use them. 

Another source for consumer info on how to use native plants is  Bowman's 
Hill Wildflower Preserve in Bucks County, Pa. -- Nancy Beaubaire, one  of its top 
staffers and a former landscape designer, has landscaped her own  property 
with natives, and often lectures about it (I've seen her lecture at the  
Millersville conference). She has lots of practical know-how.

As for increasing interest in vegetable gardening, I was talking to Suzi  
McCoy of the Garden Media Group in Chester County about that just a  couple of 
weeks ago, and she had some industry figures to back it up. 

Denise Cowie
_www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org_ 
(http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org)  

In a message dated 3/21/2008 6:54:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
genebush@netsurfusa.net writes:

No big  surprise here, Doreen
You can not pick up a trade magazine  without seen more than one article 
per publication on the subject of going  green or related information. Been 
reaching a critical mass in the past  two years in particular. If you have a 
nursery that specializes in native  plants, then you know it is a subject 
largely ignored by mass media, but  we have been active all along .. and 
growing in numbers. Did an article on  the subject about 5 years back and no 
one would touch it. Every year we  sell out of just about every native plant 
we can get our hands on. Been  increasing steadily for the past 10 years that 
I know of.... probably more  if I sat and calculated time lines.
I do slide presentation  on the natives as great garden perennials every 
year......
Good to see the rest of the world catching up.
You  should have been sitting in on Ann Ball at Morton Arboretum couple 
of  weeks back......
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,  llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone  6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
Subject: [GWL] More Good  News on an Old Topic & Request for Expert

> Today two  editors of general interest magazines called with quick (less 
> than 3  weeks) assignments on being green with natives and easy veggies. 
>  Obviously, they were making last minute editorial changes to reflect 
>  current trends.  The economy has much to do with this  IMO.
>
> I need to interest a native plant landscaping expert  ASAP.  Any 
> suggestions?
> Doreen  Howard

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