October 30, 2009
High Country Gardens Nurseryman Speaks to Nebraska Gardeners
LINCOLN, Neb. — Gardeners are more than a little careful about where they get their advice but they trust recommendations from High Country Gardens, a mail order nursery specializing in plants that meet Nebraska's tough-as-nails requirements for hardy, water thrifty, ornamental and environmentally friendly plants.
Horticulturist David Salman is the featured speaker of the 2009 Joseph & Dorothy Young Memorial Lectures in Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. at the UNL City Campus Union auditorium. He will be speaking on "The Water Thrifty Garden: Enjoying Colorful Native and Adapted Perennials in Your Nebraska Landscape."
A professional nurseryman, greenhouse grower and gardener, Salman also writes his High Country Gardens catalog and selects the plants offered by the catalog. As part of his professional focus, he also seeks out, breeds and evaluates garden-worthy plants, specializing in native species from the U.S. and northern Mexico as well as cold hardy, xeric species from western Asia and South Africa.
Salman was part of a Nebraska Statewide Arboretum gardening series 11 years ago and is eager to return. He has lived for most of his life in New Mexico, where the challenges are similar to those in Nebraska. Because of that, Salman said, he has "come to love plants with an untamed spirit, plants strong enough to survive harsh climates, short growing seasons and unpredictable precipitation."
The High Country Gardens catalog reveals Salman's other affinities: plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds; environmentally-friendly landscapes; water harvesting and other practices that make the most of every resource available; and strong colors that won't fade in the heat and exposure of long, hard summers.
The Joseph & Dorothy Young Memorial Lectures in Horticulture honors the late Joseph Young, a horticulturist who served UNL as a teacher, researcher and administrator. The lecture series is
hosted by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and made possible by a generous gift from the Young family.
Call (402) 472-2971 to pre-register. Cost is $12, or $10 for NSA members; free to students with ID; on-site registration from 6-6:45.
The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is both a non-profit horticultural organization and a program of the Nebraska Forest Service, part of University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. NSA achieves its mission of "sustainable landscapes for healthy homes and communities" through initiatives in education, community landscapes and the environment. For more information about Salman's visit, call (402) 472-2971 or go to Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.
10/30/09-KL/DM Karma Larsen
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Communications Associate (402) 472-2971
 
Dan Moser IANR News & Photography Coordinator (402) 472-3007
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Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
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