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February 7
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Topic: “Growing and Conserving New and Rare Ornamentals”
Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson of Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy will discuss the work being done by FRBC to introduce, distribute, and conserve vulnerable ornamental plants new to North America. Of course, there will be some plant hunting in exotic locales plus tips on how some of these can best be propagated and grown in home gardens.
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Speaker Profile: Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson
Kelly and Sue have spent their lives learning and working with plants in nurseries, botanic gardens and on plant hunting expeditions. They are owners of Far Reaches Farm whose extensive collection of plants is spectacularly unfocused.
The nursery has been featured in magazines such as Pacific Horticulture, Horticulture, Martha Stewart Living and in 2021, mentioned in the New York Times as “arguably the best nursery in the country for cool-climate perennials” and in Gardens Illustrated as “one of the best nurseries in the world.”
In addition, they are contributing editors for Fine Gardening magazine and are featured in Amy Stewart’s book The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession. They are also founding directors of Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy, a non-profit whose mission is the acquisition and conservation of vulnerable plants of wild and cultivated origin that are new or rare in North America. Visit them at www.farreachesfarm.com or www.farreachesbotanicalconservancy.org
The nursery has been featured in magazines such as Pacific Horticulture, Horticulture, Martha Stewart Living and in 2021, mentioned in the New York Times as “arguably the best nursery in the country for cool-climate perennials” and in Gardens Illustrated as “one of the best nurseries in the world.”
In addition, they are contributing editors for Fine Gardening magazine and are featured in Amy Stewart’s book The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession. They are also founding directors of Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy, a non-profit whose mission is the acquisition and conservation of vulnerable plants of wild and cultivated origin that are new or rare in North America. Visit them at www.farreachesfarm.com or www.farreachesbotanicalconservancy.org
Brought to you by:
Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation
425-357-6010 - Master Gardener Hotline
Email: SNO[email protected]
Web site: www.SNOMGF.org
Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation
425-357-6010 - Master Gardener Hotline
Email: SNO[email protected]
Web site: www.SNOMGF.org
