Thursday April 11, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Shane Smith: “Ruthless Gardening”

Learn at our April meeting how to take charge of your garden!

Don’t baby that begonia or pamper the petunias. Do you want your plants to grow up to become pansies?

Don’t be a victim to your plants, come learn how to take charge of your garden without it taking charge of you. Shane will share ideas about the best ways to prevent garden problems and have the healthiest garden: from pest and disease management to planting, pruning, and propagating.

Whether you garden for fun, food, or therapy, you will take home ideas that will enhance all facets of your horticultural experience.

The meeting will be held on April 11th from 6:30 – 8:30 at our regular meeting place: the Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 536 Ouray Ave, Grand Junction, 81501 (map). The doors will open at 6:00 pm. The evening will also feature a social break and a short business meeting. Guests are welcome and admission is free.

Shane’s Bio

Shane Smith founded the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens in 1977. In March of 2018, he retired from the directorship of the City of Cheyenne’s Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. He continues to assist the Gardens serving as “Director Emeritus.”

His career capstone was overseeing a 28,000 sq. ft. voter-supported and privately funded $20 million Grand Conservatory, which last year was named for Smith in his honor. In addition, he oversaw a $2 million, privately funded interactive children’s garden. Known as the Children’s Village, it was the first LEED certified children’s garden in the world.

Under his direction, the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens received awards from Presidents Reagan, Bush (senior) and Clinton.

Individually, Shane was the recipient of: The American Public Garden Association’s “Award of Merit”; The American Horticulture Society’s “Great American Gardener Award”; The National Garden Clubs’ “Award of Excellence”; The Wyoming Farmers’ Marketing Association’s “Award of Excellence” for starting the State of Wyoming’s first modern farmer’s market and more.

Shane has a degree in Horticultural Science from Colorado State University, attained registration as a “Horticultural Therapist,” from the American Horticultural Therapy Association. He also served as a Loeb Fellow (1989-90) at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.

Shane authored the “The Bountiful Solar Greenhouse,” and the bestselling garden book “Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion” https://greenhousegarden.com/. In 1982 he wrote the first ever manual on building and operating a solar heated, walk-in greenhouse hoop house. He hosted Cheyenne’s longest running local radio program on gardening from 1978 through 2018. Shane has consulted and lectured for over 39 years in 27 different states. Internationally, he has worked with school garden projects in rural Mexico and an orphanage garden project in Venezuela.

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