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Presenter: Bruce Appeldoorn, Appeldoorn Landscape Nursery
Bruce Appeldoorn, a life-long nurseryman and the owner of Appeldoorn Landscape Nursery, will share with us some of the best conifers for Western North Carolina gardens. You will see his favorite low-maintenance, long-lived choices based on his 45 years of nursery experience.
The Appledoorn Nursery is a small nursery of high-quality, specialty conifers located in the Golden Valley section of Rutherford County. Appeldoorn grows over 750 varieties of conifers, all produced from cuttings or grafting and grown on-site. He is a consultant, designer and installer for many Western North Carolina landscapes and his projects have been featured in Southern Living magazine.
Mr. Appeldoorn will also talk about his efforts to develop new landscape plants from native forest trees, an 8-year project in conjunction with the U.S. National Arboretum. He will reveal his trade secrets and tell fascinating stories of scouting and selecting witch’s brooms, grafting, trialing, and new-variety production. You are sure to be inspired and leave with a greater appreciation of the diversity, beauty, and resilience of garden conifers.