Ross Shrigley is the executive director of Plant Select®

You might think the question of what constitutes a native plant would be easy to answer—but it’s little more complicated (and fascinating!) than you might imagine.

John Wickman was most recently owner of Pine River Plants in Bayfield and former owner of Native Roots in Durango. Pine River Plants is a wholesale greenhouse business in Bayfield specializing in native plant propagation. Before that John was one of the founding board members of the Durango Botanic Gardens.

Mike Smedley, one of the most knowledgeable plant men in our area (and a pretty good banker by day), reprises his informative (and hugely entertaining) presentation on what most of us are doing right and what we’re doing wrong in our plant selection and gardening technique. Fair warning: If you attend this session, you probably won’t look at your garden and landscaping the same way again. Mike will offer his own take on native plants as well.