SPEAKER BIOS & PICTURES
Dr. Birger Baastrup DC,CCSP, is a 30+ year downtown Juneau chiropractor who enjoys the scenery around the area with hiking, biking, kayaking, and karate. He is also keenly interested in photography, and loves going out to capture our beautiful Juneau scenery whenever he can. You may see his images in the Juneau Photo Group on Facebook. City Center Chiropractic
Corinne Conlon was raised in Green Bay and didn't realize how easy gardening was in Wisconsin until she moved to Juneau. She became a Master Gardener in 2011 and pursued gardening options while living on a boat. As she read to increase her knowledge, she discovered that few books had more than a paragraph or two about our specific conditions: a short, wet, cold summer which prompted her to write a book focused on growing vegetables in Southeast Alaska. Work on the book lead to a gardening column for the Juneau Empire for three years under her business name, Dirt Girl. Since moving on land in 2017, she has been working to integrate permaculture basics into the landscape. Combining a love of gardening with foraging for wild edibles, she continues to try to meld the two. She is a past member of the Douglas Community Garden and current member of the Juneau Community Garden, Juneau Garden Club, and recently became co-president of the Southeast Master Gardeners Association. She is currently working on her Advanced Master Gardener credentials. Dirtgirlinak.com
Roy Churchwell is the Area Biologist in the Douglas Office for Game Management Units 1C, 1D, and 5 in Southeast Alaska. Along with managing the hunts for these units he is also responsible for working with urban wildlife including working on Juneau bear issues. Roy has spent the last 1O years in Alaska mostly working in the Interior and North Slope. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Idaho, a master's degree on Wildlife Management/Ornithology from Oklahoma State University, and a PhD on Wildlife Management/Ornithology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Since taking on the Area Biologist position Roy has learned that urban bear issues can comprise a significant portion of the workload in the summer. He also has learned that an "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" when it comes to urban bears and he is always happy to help someone prepare for the up-coming summer bear season. When Roy is not working on Fish & Game duties, he can be found walking the trails and training his new puppy to sniff out gamebirds.
Lisa Daugherty grows, gathers, raises, hunts, preserves, cooks, and eats as a way of life. She started composting her family's food scraps with a pitchfork in 2008 and has since grown to composting thousands of pounds each week by skid steer. She is an avid farm reader and listener, yet also a firm believer in hands-on learning and experimentation. She has visited over a dozen compost facilities across the nation and is a member of the Community Composters Coalition. Through her business, Juneau Composts, she has hauled and recycled over 460,000 pounds of food scraps into finished compost. She strives to foster local self-reliance, divert material from the landfill, and help Juneau grow more food and flowers. In her dream world everyone would turn waste into wealth by composting! Juneau Composts!
Pat Hartman grew up living near her grandparents, and was adept at exploring their acres of terraced garden beds, climbing the orchard trees and helping harvest the seasonal produce. She has spent the last 40 years planning and growing ornamental and vegetable gardens throughout the Western United States. In 2012 Pat completed the Alaska Master Gardener Class. She has been interested in the Advanced Master Gardeners Program in Alaska for several years and recently had the opportunity to take part in the Permaculture Class. She is currently incorporating more permaculture practices and expansions into her property and has been thrilled with how much her current system fits into the permaculture practices and design. Pat is a plant aficionado, world traveler, Garden Railroad geek, and active member of the Southeast Alaska Master Gardeners Organization serving as Web Manager along with participating in most gardening organizations in the Juneau area. She also currently serves on the American Primrose Society Board and incorporates Primula into her landscape that she has grown from seed, purchased or shared from friends.
Northwoods Nursery: Jim Gilbert and Lorraine Gardner
Jim Gilbert grew up in Oregon and has a bachelor's degree in Russian language from Portland State University. After working as a commercial fisherman and boat builder, he founded Northwoods Nursery in 1979 with the goal of providing unique and productive fruit varieties to gardeners in the Pacific Northwest.
Lorraine Gardner was raised in New Jersey and has a Master's degree in Horticulture from the University of California at Davis. Lorraine joined Northwoods in 1997 and, together with Jim, has helped the business expand its offering of unique fruiting plants. Northwoods Nursery supplies nursery stock to garden centers, mail-order nurseries and other wholesale customers in the U.S. and around the world.
Northwoods Nursery originated in 1979, when Jim began fruit exploring in the former Soviet Union. He describes his first journey as opening a "treasure chest" full of new fruit varieties. Among those he introduced to North American gardeners are honeyberry, seaberry, Cornelian cherry, magnolia vine and Arctic Beauty kiwi. Jim and Lorraine have expanded their range of plant exploration, traveling to countries such as Brazil, New Zealand, China, South Korea, Italy and Uzbekistan. These journeys have greatly increased knowledge of fruit growing and initiated numerous breeding projects at Northwoods, all of which are aimed at helping Northwest gardeners grow more interesting and delicious fruit. Northwoods Nursery Wholesale only but check it out!
Jim Gilbert grew up in Oregon and has a bachelor's degree in Russian language from Portland State University. After working as a commercial fisherman and boat builder, he founded Northwoods Nursery in 1979 with the goal of providing unique and productive fruit varieties to gardeners in the Pacific Northwest.
Lorraine Gardner was raised in New Jersey and has a Master's degree in Horticulture from the University of California at Davis. Lorraine joined Northwoods in 1997 and, together with Jim, has helped the business expand its offering of unique fruiting plants. Northwoods Nursery supplies nursery stock to garden centers, mail-order nurseries and other wholesale customers in the U.S. and around the world.
Northwoods Nursery originated in 1979, when Jim began fruit exploring in the former Soviet Union. He describes his first journey as opening a "treasure chest" full of new fruit varieties. Among those he introduced to North American gardeners are honeyberry, seaberry, Cornelian cherry, magnolia vine and Arctic Beauty kiwi. Jim and Lorraine have expanded their range of plant exploration, traveling to countries such as Brazil, New Zealand, China, South Korea, Italy and Uzbekistan. These journeys have greatly increased knowledge of fruit growing and initiated numerous breeding projects at Northwoods, all of which are aimed at helping Northwest gardeners grow more interesting and delicious fruit. Northwoods Nursery Wholesale only but check it out!
Loni Jean Ronnebaum aka Ronnebaumanita Loniscaria has long been passionate about fungi. She graduated from the Evergreen State College in 2009 with a BS in Mycology and Natural Sciences. She has since been working in the offices for Fungi Perfecti, presenting at many events around the great PNW. Lori enjoys playing Ukulele and drums for the band inoculated Minds and photographing #googlyeyedfungi in her free time. meet-loni
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