Wyoming Master Gardeners Conference follow-up

Thanks to the Campbell County Master Gardeners and especially Lori Bates, Patsy Larson, Mary Ann Wilson, and Rich Kistler for inviting me to such a wonderful conference. 

I really enjoyed meeting so many Wyoming Master Gardeners and learning a lot about the progressive water conservation and sustainability efforts in the city of Gillette (in collaboration with the Campbell County Master Gardeners!).  

We enjoyed the trip and even got a chance to do some botanizing around Devils Tower, including seeing this bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) x Gambel's oak (Q. gambelii) hybrid, a local phenomenon.   Although bur and Gambel's oaks are geographically distinct now (their ranges don't even come close to overlapping), the hybridization is a likely result of some past sympatry.  

Here are some links to things I discussed in my talk:

• How to remove a lawn (Part 1)
• How to remove a lawn (Part 2)
• How to build an urbanite path 
• Non-traditional hummingbird plants
• Maintaining your native landscape
• What is a weed?
• Yarrow is not a four letter word

Thanks again, and I'd love to have the opportunity to visit Wyoming and the master gardeners in the future, so keep me in mind for future talks or presentations- especially if it is during antelope season!