Retiring Professor of Ornamental Horticulture and Extension Specialist
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Retiring ornamental horticulture professor and extension specialist 27 1/2 years. Over 40 years experience in the Green Industry and in teaching horticulture to adults and undergraduate students. Writer, public speaker and teacher who is passionate about plants and how they can beautify the world and combat climate change.
A speaker fee applies.
Talks:
Don’t Get Caught With Your Plants Down!!
Landscape success starts with selecting the appropriate plants, and installing and maintaining them correctly.
Attracting pollinators to your yard using bee-t-ful plants.
Discussion of the various pollinators and how to attract them using flowering trees and shrubs throughout the season will be discussed.
New and Outstanding Landscape Plants for the Upper Midwest
Discussion of woody ornamental landscape plants for the Upper Midwest will be covered.