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from the issue of March 10, 2005
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Monrovia Nursery plantsman lecturing March 29
The hottest plants, the latest gardening trends, plus a behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's largest nurseries are subjects of the 2005 Roger D. Uhlinger Lecture in Horticulture hosted by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum on March 29. Admission is $7.50; $5 for NSA members. Refreshments will be provided following the lecture courtesy of Seeds of Life Nursery www.seedsoflifenursery.com of Lincoln. Register by March 18 at arboretum.unl.edu or call 472-2971.
Nicholas Staddon will speak on "American Horticulture: The View from Monrovia Nursery" in a 7 p.m. lecture in the Great Plains Room of the Nebraska East Union.
Headquartered in Azusa, Calif., Monrovia Nursery has been a leader in the American nursery industry in the acquisition, trialing and promotion of new plants since 1926. The wholesale nursery is one of the largest in the world, and provides trees, shrubs and other landscape plants to many retail nurseries and garden centers in Nebraska and the Midwest.
Staddon is the director of New Plant Introductions for Monrovia, and has been a Monrovia "Craftsman" for 14 years. Working with breeders, hybridizers and professional plant hunters, he scours the globe for new creations and discoveries in the plant world. Born and educated in England, Staddon travels extensively for Monrovia in his quest for new plants for American gardeners, and is a regular speaker at Horticulture magazine's symposia series.
The Roger D. Uhlinger Memorial Lectures in Horticulture, hosted by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, brings an outstanding speaker to the UNL campus each year to "celebrate horticulture as a scientific discipline, profession, art and avocation." Uhlinger was a founder of NSA, and also served UNL as a teacher, researcher and administrator in the Department of Horticulture. The memorial lectures are made possible thanks to financial support of the Uhlinger family.
NSA is a horticultural organization with endeavors and initiatives in education, the arts, community development and the environment. A partnership between a private nonprofit membership organization and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the mission of the Arboretum is to "enhance the culture and beauty of Nebraska."
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