CREDENTIALS

Instructor –  Olbrich Botanical Gardens; The Morton Arboretum; Chicago Botanic Garden; Green Bay Botanic Gardens; Rotary Botanical Gardens; Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan State Master Gardener programs and events; WHTV Public Television Expo; Villa Terrace Museum and Gardens; Chicagoland Flower and Garden Show; University of Wisconsin-Richland Center, and various garden clubs, community groups and plant societies.

2008 Professional audience: Chicago Botanic Garden Woody Plant Symposium, Wintergreen Symposium (WI Landscape Contractors’ Assoc.) Mix professional audience and public: Door County Master Gardener Rock Garden Symposium, Green Bay Botanic Garden symposium, Plants of Distinction symposium (Oakland Co. and Grand Rapids, MI), Calhoun Co Master Gardener symposium (Battle Creek, MI), Midwest Regional (11 states and Canada) Master Gardener conference keynote speaker Public: Chicago Botanic Garden (6), Rotary Botanical Gardens (3), Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum.

Contributing Author – American Nurseryman, Chicagoland Gardening (articles plus regular regional report contribution), Nursery Management Professional, Midwest Gardening, Milwaukee Home and Garden, Northwest Quarterly (consult), Midwest Living (consult).

Featured Symposia Speaker: Horticulture Magazine symposia, Chicago Botanic Garden Woody Plant Symposium, Green Bay Botanic Shade Symposium, Klehm Arboretum Sage Symposium, 2008 Regional Master Gardener Conference (10 states) keynote speaker.

Keynote Speaker – Midwest Conifer Society, 2006 WI State Master Gardeners’ Convention, 2008 Keynote Speaker, Midwest Regional Master Gardener Conference.  Television – Wisconsin Gardener, Great Lakes Gardener, GardenSmart (national).