Author: Jessica Friis and the Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467108235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Decades after the Homestead Act, many settlers had tried and failed to establish roots in the high plains of Wyoming. Altitude, wind, dry conditions, and lack of winter snow cover desiccated plants, making it especially hard for trees to survive. In 1929, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) constructed a field station to research plants that could tolerate Cheyenne's harsh climate. From 1930 to 1974, many varieties of small fruits, vegetables, shrubs, and trees were tested. Plants from similar climates around the world, some as far away as China and Siberia, were also tested at the station. When the focus shifted in 1974 to grasslands research, much of the horticultural plant stock was removed or lost. Thanks to the efforts of concerned citizens, a 62-acre block of historic trees was renamed the High Plains Arboretum and opened to the public in 2008. The arboretum is now owned by the City of Cheyenne, with preservation efforts contributed by the Urban Forestry Division and the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
High Plains Arboretum
Author: Jessica Friis and the Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467108235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Decades after the Homestead Act, many settlers had tried and failed to establish roots in the high plains of Wyoming. Altitude, wind, dry conditions, and lack of winter snow cover desiccated plants, making it especially hard for trees to survive. In 1929, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) constructed a field station to research plants that could tolerate Cheyenne's harsh climate. From 1930 to 1974, many varieties of small fruits, vegetables, shrubs, and trees were tested. Plants from similar climates around the world, some as far away as China and Siberia, were also tested at the station. When the focus shifted in 1974 to grasslands research, much of the horticultural plant stock was removed or lost. Thanks to the efforts of concerned citizens, a 62-acre block of historic trees was renamed the High Plains Arboretum and opened to the public in 2008. The arboretum is now owned by the City of Cheyenne, with preservation efforts contributed by the Urban Forestry Division and the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467108235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Decades after the Homestead Act, many settlers had tried and failed to establish roots in the high plains of Wyoming. Altitude, wind, dry conditions, and lack of winter snow cover desiccated plants, making it especially hard for trees to survive. In 1929, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) constructed a field station to research plants that could tolerate Cheyenne's harsh climate. From 1930 to 1974, many varieties of small fruits, vegetables, shrubs, and trees were tested. Plants from similar climates around the world, some as far away as China and Siberia, were also tested at the station. When the focus shifted in 1974 to grasslands research, much of the horticultural plant stock was removed or lost. Thanks to the efforts of concerned citizens, a 62-acre block of historic trees was renamed the High Plains Arboretum and opened to the public in 2008. The arboretum is now owned by the City of Cheyenne, with preservation efforts contributed by the Urban Forestry Division and the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
Trees and Shrubs of Colorado
Author: Jack L. Carter
Publisher: Mimbres Press
ISBN:
Category : Shrubs
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This guide is designed to assist those who want to become familiar with many of the trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and plains.
Publisher: Mimbres Press
ISBN:
Category : Shrubs
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This guide is designed to assist those who want to become familiar with many of the trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and plains.
Edible Landscaping
Author:
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1578051541
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Grow clean, delicious produce at home, saving money and natural resources at the same time. Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. And food plants have been freed from the backyard, gracing the finest landscapes--even the White House grounds! Creasy's expertise on edibles and how to incorporate them in beautifully designed outdoor environments was first showcased in the original edition of Edible Landscaping, hailed by gardeners everywhere as a groundbreaking classic. Now this highly anticipated new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a glorious full-color format, featuring more than 300 inspiring photographs. Drawing on the author's decades of research and experience, the book presents everything you need to know to create an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries. The comprehensive "Encyclopedia of Edibles"--a book in itself--provides horticultural information, culinary uses, sources, and recommended varieties; and appendices cover the basics of planting and maintenance, and of controlling pests and diseases using organic and environmentally friendly practices.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1578051541
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Grow clean, delicious produce at home, saving money and natural resources at the same time. Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. And food plants have been freed from the backyard, gracing the finest landscapes--even the White House grounds! Creasy's expertise on edibles and how to incorporate them in beautifully designed outdoor environments was first showcased in the original edition of Edible Landscaping, hailed by gardeners everywhere as a groundbreaking classic. Now this highly anticipated new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a glorious full-color format, featuring more than 300 inspiring photographs. Drawing on the author's decades of research and experience, the book presents everything you need to know to create an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries. The comprehensive "Encyclopedia of Edibles"--a book in itself--provides horticultural information, culinary uses, sources, and recommended varieties; and appendices cover the basics of planting and maintenance, and of controlling pests and diseases using organic and environmentally friendly practices.
Field Guide to Forest Plants of South-central Colorado
Author: David C. Powell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest plants
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest plants
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Department of Agriculture Elimination of Agricultural Research Stationsand Lines of Research, Hearings Before ... 89-1
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Department of Agriculture Elimination of Agricultural Research Stations and Lines of Research
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Closing of Veterans' Administration Facilities
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans' hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans' hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
High Plains Horticulture
Author: John F. Freeman
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0870819275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
High Plains Horticulture explores the significant, civilizing role that horticulture has played in the development of farmsteads and rural and urban communities on the High Plains portions of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, drawing on both the science and the application of science practiced since 1840. Freeman explores early efforts to supplement native and imported foodstuffs, state and local encouragement to plant trees, the practice of horticulture at the Union Colony of Greeley, the pioneering activities of economic botanists Charles Bessey (in Nebraska) and Aven Nelson (in Wyoming), and the shift from food production to community beautification as the High Plains were permanently settled and became more urbanized. In approaching the history of horticulture from the perspective of local and unofficial history, Freeman pays tribute to the tempered idealism, learned pragmatism, and perseverance of individuals from all walks of life seeking to create livable places out of the vast, seemingly inhospitable High Plains. He also suggests that, slowly but surely, those that inhabit them have been learning to adjust to the limits of that fragile land. High Plains Horticulture will appeal to not only scientists and professionals but also gardening enthusiasts interested in the history of their hobby on the High Plains.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0870819275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
High Plains Horticulture explores the significant, civilizing role that horticulture has played in the development of farmsteads and rural and urban communities on the High Plains portions of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, drawing on both the science and the application of science practiced since 1840. Freeman explores early efforts to supplement native and imported foodstuffs, state and local encouragement to plant trees, the practice of horticulture at the Union Colony of Greeley, the pioneering activities of economic botanists Charles Bessey (in Nebraska) and Aven Nelson (in Wyoming), and the shift from food production to community beautification as the High Plains were permanently settled and became more urbanized. In approaching the history of horticulture from the perspective of local and unofficial history, Freeman pays tribute to the tempered idealism, learned pragmatism, and perseverance of individuals from all walks of life seeking to create livable places out of the vast, seemingly inhospitable High Plains. He also suggests that, slowly but surely, those that inhabit them have been learning to adjust to the limits of that fragile land. High Plains Horticulture will appeal to not only scientists and professionals but also gardening enthusiasts interested in the history of their hobby on the High Plains.
Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry
Author: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany, Economic
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany, Economic
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description