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

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Doreen,
For prairie plants, there's Neil Diboll and his Prairie Nursery in  
Westfield, Wisconsin (north of Madison)  and Joyce Powers of former  
Prairie Ridge Nursery west of Madison. Think Joyce is doing more  
garden design than plant selling these days so name of business  
changed to something with the word Conservation in it. Google her and  
see what comes up. She speaks a lot, I think.
Carolyn Ulrich

On Mar 21, 2008, at 6:21 PM, DCowie4338@aol.com wrote:

> 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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