The Twiggers

Enjoy a feast for your eyes as Dave discovers a garden spread over 23 acres in the heart of the city, the Denver Botanic Garden. This garden presents many different garden settings, from a walled English Garden, to the Rose Garden to several displays of native and drought adapted plants. Panayoti Keladis took us through the Prairie Garden, Western Borders, and Water Wise Garden to illustrate the rich variety of plants and strong display of color and texture available. These plants are perfectly adapted to the hot, dry, and windy climate of Colorado, the plains, and intermountain West. Then come along as Dave visits Renee Shepherd, a renowned plantswoman, and chef who started Renee’s Garden Seeds to provide home gardeners with a rich palette of flowers and edibles that enhance the beauty of your garden and your table. One of her passions is Sweet Peas, which she grows and mixes in special blends to create enticing bouquets of both color and fragrance.

Brought to you by UM School of Art & Design. Thursday, October 2, 2008 Cary Fowler is the Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which recently drew global media attention when the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors to 100 million seeds for permanent safekeeping in the Artic. The Trust will fund the Global Seed Vault and the work of developing countries and international seed banks to send their seeds for safekeeping. In his presentation, Dr. Fowler will address the history of the Trust and its efforts to secure crop diversity in the midst of global climate change. In 1985 Dr. Fowler was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (the “Alternative Nobel Peace Prize) by the Swedish Government. Fowler has been profiled on CBS 60 Minutes and the New Yorker, is the author of several books on the subject of crop diversity and more than 75 articles. Sponsored by the Ford School of Public Policy and the School of Natural Resources and Environment. art-design.umich.edu
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