Posted January 14, 2011 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience

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[Each week I will check in with a staff member to find out what they have been up to, what they recommend seeing, and what advice they have for gardeners. Horticulturist Alan Schroder is profiled this week.]
With a degree from CSU in Landscape Horticulture and Nursery Management, Alan Schroder came to the Gardens about three years ago
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Posted December 12, 2009 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience

Why is it that all week I’ve been having visions of palm trees on a tropical island, swaying in a warm breeze? Could it have anything to do with the single-digit temperatures we’ve had lately? We have the next best thing to our own island paradise in the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory—open for thawing out from 9:00-5:00, seven days a week!
Palm trees are everywhere inside our tropical bubble.
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