Pruning Workshop --Mike Smith & Heather Baldwin

Both the health and beauty of a garden depend on thoughtful maintenance through pruning.  Learn what to look for and how to make the best pruning cuts to  enhance your trees, shrubs and perennials.  Special attention  will be given to corrective and repair pruning of plants that suffered damage during this winter's storms.  Dress warmly and bring your questions.  See you then

Mike Smith is co-owner of Joy Creek Nursery.  You can see his pruning  handiwork throughout the nursery, especially in the large rhododendrons around the house and behind our lavender path and in the numerous shrubs shaped into small trees that are grown throughout our gardens.  Mike is a passionate gardener who left a management job in big industry to start the nursery.  

Heather Baldwin is the maintenance supervisor for Joy Creek's landscape gardening group.   
 

Edibles in the Ornamental Border - Weston Miller
Edible landscaping is the modern adaptation of the cottage garden of decades past.  The goal is to integrate edible plants (vegetables, berries, and small fruit trees) into a functional and aesthetic landscape design.  In this session, learn the fundamentals of edible landscaping in an interactive and hands-on format.

Weston Miller is OSU Extension Community and Urban Horticulture Faculty for the tri-county Portland Metro region.  He has been on the job since July 2007 and is both proud and honored to serve as manager of the Master Gardener program and as home horticultural representative for OSU in the metro area.
 

Glen Andresen has been Metro's natural gardening educator since 1994.  This natural gardening program offers presentations, a summertime garden tour, and information on how to have healthy yards and gardens without the use of pesticides.  Glen has been a Master Gardener since 1991 and has tended his own 3/4-acre organic garden at a retreat center near Eagle Creek in Clackamas County since 1985.  He is the host of the 1/2-hour edible gardening show "The Dirt Bag" heard the second Monday of each month on community radio station KB00 (90.7 FM in Portland).  He also writes "Ground View," a monthly gardening column for The Portland Alliance newspaper.  Glen is an avid hobbyist beekeeper, keeping approximately 30 colonies of bees - give or take a swarm or bear attack.  He has degrees in economics and music but still would rather play in the dirt. 

John Caine comes to his job as Landscape Garden Designer for Joy Creek Nursery not only with a degree from Michigan State University but also with years of practical experience as an estate gardener. He gave the nursery its master plan and continues to help refine its gardens. He enjoys helping gardeners create the gardens they have always wanted.
 

Nadine Black tried on many hats in our industry - from private gardener to wholesale plant sales - before she discovered that her real passion was helping retail customers create gardens.  At Joy Creek Nursery, she has found a new set of hats, managing retail sales, conducting on-site garden consultations, and teaching workshops.  In addition, she has acquired the Lifetime Certified Oregon Nursery Professional certificate from the Oregon Association of Nurseries.

Jolly Butler became familiar to gardeners throughout the Portland area through her "Gardening 101" column in Garden Showcase magazine; and many gardeners learned their gardening basics in her classes at Portland Community College.  She also hosted a two-hour, call-in radio show called "Gardening with Jolly Butler" on KPAM in Portland.  She is an Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener and is active in the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon.  Oh, yes, and she is a gardener.
 

Nadine Black & Ramona Wulzen are long-time staff members at Joy Creek Nursery. Both have a passion for creating containers with long-term interest.  This is the first time they have joined forces.
 

Linda Beutler is a fearless gardener who grows a great number of plants on a simple, flat 50' x 100' city lot in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.  She was a professional florist for 20+ years, and her first love in her own garden was growing flowers and foliage for cutting.  Linda has been an instructor of horticulture at Clackamas Community College (CCC) for 12 years.  Her classes include Herbaceous Perennials (summer term) and The Flower Arranger's Garden I & II (autumn and spring terms).  In spring 2007 Timber Press presented her second book, Garden to Vase, on growing and using your own cut flowers, featuring photography by Allan Mandell.  This book was written with gardeners, not florists, in mind, and serves as the textbook for her spring and fall classes at CCC.  She hopes it does not read like a textbook!

In addition, Linda is one of two Vice Presidents of the International Clematis Society (ICLS).  She is a founding member of the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection (in 2003), and served on their Board of Directors until she was named the collection's first curator, beginning July 2007.  She lectures nationally on numerous gardening topics, and is a garden writer for both local and national publications, including Fine Gardening, Pacific Horticulture, and Birdwatcher's Digest.

Greg Graves returned to school after a 24 year career with Burlington Northern Railroad and received a degree in Landscape design and Ornamental Horticulture.  He began his career at the Miller Botanical Garden where he has been the head gardener for the past 11 years.  Greg is on the Perennials and Bulbs subcommittee of Great Plant Picks, an educational program sponsored by the Miller Botanical Garden.  He is the past president of the Northwest Horticultural Society and has chaired the education committee of NHS for the past 6 years.  Greg has traveled throughout North America and Britain visiting outstanding gardens.  He has also escorted garden tours to Sardinia and New Zealand.  He developed an award-winning garden on Capitol Hill, in Seattle, but, in 2005 sold it and moved to Orting, WA.  Along with his partner, Gary Waller, he has been building a new garden and specialty nursery called Old Goat Farm.
 

Neil Bell is Community Horticulturist, OSU Extension Service, Marion and Polk Counties.  He works with home gardeners and oversees the Master Gardener program in both counties.  In addition, he has done research trials on Hebe, Ceanothus and Cistus in the Willamette Valley and has begun new evaluations of Grevillea and Arctostaphylos this year.  He has co-authored OSU publications on water-efficient landscape plants and soil amendment and is developing a new publication on mulching for home gardeners.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Science from the University of British Columbia, 1990.  He has a master of Science degree in Horticulture from Oregon State University, 1992.  He lives and gardens in Polk County on 5 acres west of Monmouth with his wife, Bernadine, and two daughters, Nicole and Shannon, aged 9 and 11.
 

Ann Marsh & Gary Fear -  Ann Marsh has over 35 years of experience in plant selection and garden design and currently is the President of the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers (ANLD).  Gary Fear has a degree in art and design from Portland State University and has applied those skills to garden design in the past 9 years.  Marsh & Fear Garden Solutions was created by Anne and Gary about 6 years ago after transforming their own garden in SW Portland.  They welcome the public to visit their garden each month from April to August.  Open garden dates are available at www.marshfear.com.  

Maurice Horn developed his love of clematis when he lived in Japan as a college student.  He has had the good fortune of knowing many great clematis hybridizers, and, in turn, the privilege of introducing their hybrids to the States through the auspices of Joy Creek Nursery. 

Nadine Black has been in the business of ornamental horticulture for nearly 20 years.  A good portion of that time has been as the retail manager for Joy Creek Nursery.  In past lives, she has done such jobs as wholesale sales, personal gardening, and landscape design.  She has also taught gardening classes in several venues and continues to pass on her knowledge at every opportunity.  She has earned the credential of Lifetime Oregon Certified Nursery Professional from the Oregon Association of Nurseries and holds membership in the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon and the Northwest Hosta and Shade Garden Society. 

Ramona Wulzen received her love of all things wild from her mother.  She has gardened both on a city lot and on three acres in the woods.  She has also listened long and hard to the problems and solutions that other gardeners have experienced.  The nature of her current garden has lead to her passion for ground covers and container gardening.  Ramona is a veteran of our retail department and now works in our landscape department.
 

Scott Christie is a former co-owner of Joy Creek Nursery.  With a degree in horticulture from Cornell University, he has had the opportunity to work and garden in many environments.  His home garden reflects his passion for plants and his love of hydrangeas.  For the last seven years, Scott has been nursery manager for Terra Nova Nurseries where he remains on the cutting edge of horticulture.
 

Lucy Hardiman was to the garden born - and is a fifth generation Oregon gardener.  She is the principal of Perennial Partners, a garden design collective recognized for their innovative approaches to garden design.  Her garden and those of clients have appeared in many magazines and books.  A popular speaker who lectures and teaches throughout the country, she writes for regional and national publications and is a contributing editor for Horticulture Magazine.  She serves on many boards of horticulturally based organizations in the Northwest including the Great Plant Picks committee and the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection and is a past president of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon.
 

Roger Gossler was born, raised and attended school in Springfield, OR.  His interest in plants has been lifelong, and his learning comes from working with plants, his extensive library, and visiting with other growers.  He received an Associate Degree at Lane Community College in Landscape Design Maintenance.  He is a partner in Gossler Farms Nursery along with his mother Marj and his brother Eric.  The nursery specializes in magnolias, winter blooming trees and shrubs and many other beautiful plants, including some unusual perennials.  Roger is a life member of the magnolia society, and a member of the American Rhododendron Society, The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, the Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group and the Royal Horticultural Society.  He has lectured extensively throughout the United States.
 

Diana Reeck is the owner of Collectors Nursery where she has created many fine hybrids and made many exceptional plant selections.  She is a keen observer of our native flora and has shared her passion with national audiences.

Russell Graham and his wife Yvonne began operating a mail order business with a primary emphasis on perennials, many of which are natives, in 1980.  Most of their inventory and the original mailing list came from Edgar Kline who had operated a similar business in Lake Grove for over 40 years.  Russell and his wife no longer produce a catalog and now sell primarily by word of mouth and wholesale.  They both grew up in Northeastern Oregon and set up household some twelve times in several states and Canada before landing in Salem in 1972.  Russell attended college/university in Canada and four states receiving three degrees but not one in horticulture.  Russell and Yvonne raised four children on their "rural" 30 acre property.  Their nursery stock in planted in beds, not in pots and nearly 4 acres are planted.  They continue to enjoy Cyclamen, Primulas, Hellebores, Trillium and Ferns (over 100 different selections), but have over 1,500 different perennials planted including Arisaemas and hardy Orchids. 

Jim Siehl has been with Blooming Nursery as the western region sales representative for 4 years.  He has a long history (17 years) of finished container and retail nursery sales experience, most recently as retail manager at Cornell Farm Portland, Oregon and assistant nursery Manager previously at Roger's Garden in Corona Del Mar, California.  Altogether, that makes 20 years experience in the nursery trade.  He brings his extensive knowledge of and enthusiasm for plants to his new interest in the green roofs. 

Darcy Daniels is a garden designer and operates a season specialty nursery in NE Portland .  Since launching Bloomtown Garden Design & Nursery eight years ago, Darcy has designed dozens of gardens in the Portland Metro Area.  She is well known for her rich, textural plantings and creative use of small space.

Maurice Horn, as co-owner of Joy Creek Nursery, has had the opportunity to trial a vast variety of perennials and shrubs.  Among the plants he most enjoys trialing at Joy Creek Nursery are the Ornamental Grasses.  He is especially interested in the selection of grasses that are suited to the smaller urban garden and require little water.
 

Mike Smith and Maurice Horn are co-owners of Joy Creek Nursery.
 

Richie Steffen is the Coordinator of Horticulture for the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden where he manages the rare plant collections and heads acquisitions of new plants for the garden.  He currently serves as a selection committee member of the Great Plant Picks™ program and is always ready to share his enthusiasm for this excellent regional resource.
 

Paul Bonine is co-owner of the wholesale nursery Xera Plants Inc. with his business partner Greg Shepherd.  He has worked in the nursery industry since 1992 beginning in Eugene and then moving to Portland.  Paul's special interests include plants that are adapted to low water usage, perform well in the Portland area and expand the plant palette for Northwest gardeners.
 

Judith Jones is the owner of Fancy Fronds Temperate Fern Nursery in Gold Bar, WA, which was established in 1977.  During the course of her lengthy fern career, she has been privileged to work with some of the world's foremost pteridologists and fern enthusiasts.  Her main areas of fern production are the named Victorian cultivars, new introductions, garden ready xeric ferns and marginally hardy tree ferns.  Visitors to the  Northwest Flower and Garden Show have seen the playful, yet educational, side of her talents in the delightful display gardens she has created with friends and collegues.

Ramona Wulzen received her love of all things wild from her mother.  She has gardened both on a city lot and on three acres in the woods.  She has also listened long and hard to the problems and solutions that other gardeners have experienced.   The nature of her current garden has lead to her passion for ground covers and container gardening.  Ramona is a veteran of our retail department and now works in our landscape department.

Maurice Horn, as co-owner of Joy Creek Nursery, has had the opportunity to trial a vast variety of perennials and shrubs.  He is ever eager to find ways to create exciting gardens that use low to no water.  He has conducted gravel gardening workshops for Metro, the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (at Reed College) and Heronswood Nursery.  In 2007, he led a workshop at Portland State University under the auspices of the Hardy Plant Society to install a no-water garden using Northwest native plants.

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