Landscape, Nursery and Turf
A Professional Development Trip Across Country
Cathy Neal, Extension Specialist in Landscape and Nursery Horticulture, is traveling across the country. To give us a window into her experiences and to allow us to follow her horticulture highlights as she travels west, she is sending electronic postcards back east.
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Her first stop was Willoway Nurseries in Avon, Ohio. The next stop was at Bailey Nurseries, the largest nursery in the country located in St. Paul Minnesota. Next was an unplanned visit at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum and Botanic Garden.
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Continuing west to a planned visit at the
University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum.
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Visits to the Badlands of South Dakota and Yellowstone National Park revealed arid landscapes and unlucky growing locations.
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Three postcards from the state of Utah
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Moving on to Denver Colorado
The Denver Botanic Gardens yielded many surprises and the International Plant Propagators Society meeting introduced alpine and western native plants.
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More Colorado postcards
Colorado State University conducts annual flower trials under the "Plant Select" logo.
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Chicago, Illinois and Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chicago's Millennium Park and highlights from the Oldtown section of Albuquerque .
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Stormwater collection and Greenroofs
The Chicago Center for Green Technology, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin Texas and a community garden in Albuquerque all use different means to collect stormwater and reuse for irrigaiton.
In cities like Chicago and Denver, green roofs are cool and reduce stormwater runoff.
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In Oklahoma City and Nashville
In the heart of Oklahoma City is the Myriad Botanical Gardens and the Crystal Bridge Conservatory. Heading home across Arkansas, across the Mississippit at Memphis and a final stop at the Opryland Resort to view the extensive conservatories.
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And finally, returning to New Hampshire in time to enjoy the reds of a late October fall
