Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:17:29 AM
A horticultural history of Dan Heims Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. United States of America
Address:
4309 SW Cullen Blvd. Portland, Oregon USA 97221
Phone:
0101- 503-977-7808 MWF
800-215-9450 ext. 314 UH
Fax:
0101-503-244-2745
Email: dan@terranovanurseries.com
Website: www.terranovanurseries.com
CURRICULUM VITAE/ DAN HEIMS
Brief Bio:
Dan Heims has spent the last 28 years deeply involved in horticulture. He is currently the president of Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc., a company noted for its new introductions to horticulture.
Dan’s articles and photography have appeared in a number of magazines. He has taught horticulture courses, wholesaled exotic plants, and run his own “design and build” landscape business. He has hosted a weekly gardening show on radio (KKSN) and has appeared on U.S. and British television.
Dan’s garden has been featured in Sunset Magazine, Organic Gardening, and Better Homes and Gardens. His perennial breeding programs have produced many international gold and silver medal winners. His job description dictates that he must “travel the world and seek the newest perennials”. He has spoken around the United States, in Japan, England , New Zealand, Costa Rica, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Australia, and Canada.
Dan is currently working on a book of horticultural humor and one on Heuchera with Graham Ware of British Columbia.
Education: B.S. University of Oregon (Communications, Botany)
Radio/ TV Appearances:
KKSN Garden Notes, Dan’s weekly garden show, Oregon
KBOO Gardening Open Line, radio garden consultant, Oregon
KPTV (12) Gardening for Fun (2 appearances) Oregon
WKMZ TV New Perennials Tennessee
WKMZ TV Shade Plants Tennessee
WSPR TV The Morning Show Illinois
KOIN (6) Dig It! Oregon
KOIN (6) New Plants from TC Oregon
KOIN (6) Informational spots for Hart’s Nursery Oregon
ABC- Tasmania (63) What’s up with Terra Nova
HGTV (Cable) New Plants for the Garden (Toronto)
HGTV (2003) Terra Nova Introductions
KPTV (12) In the Garden with Mike Darcy (Begonias) Oregon
KPTV (12) In the Garden with Mike Darcy (Plant Nerds) Oregon
BBC Chelsea contributions from Terra Nova
BBC Plant Breeding at Terra Nova
KTOK AM 1040 The Garden Festival
KGW TV-8 Podophyllum and Master Gardeners promo
CABC AM740 Toronto The Art Drysdale Show
WHPA The Jane Pepper Gardening Hour
HGTV Gardening by the Yard: Heuchera
WPPT 1380 AM Jane Nugent on Terra Nova Plants
Sveriges Television On Heuchera w/ Peter Gaunitz
Grün Rüm (The Green Room) Swedish Television (Heuchera)
Lectures / Presentations/ Speaker at:
Alaska Rock Garden Society/ Homer Garden Club
Alaska Master Gardeners Convention
American Nurseryman Convention/ Portland
Arkansas Flower and Garden Show
Australian Institute of Horticulture Melbourne
Australian Institute of Horticulture Tasmania
California Horticultural Society / Academy of Sciences
Cheekwood Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cranbrook Botanical Garden
Farwest Nursery Show x2
Frelinghuysen Arboretum - NJ
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon
Hardy Plant Society of Dortmund, Germany
Hart’s Garden Center
Home and Gardening Show
Hood River Master Gardeners
Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
Horticulture Magazine- Spring Border Series (4 cities)
Innovaplant/ Costa Rica
Innovaplant/Kientzler Gensingen, Germany
International Plant Propagators / Arundel, England
IPPS Regional Meeting – Troutdale, OR
ISU (International Stauden-Union) Hodenhagen, Germany
ISU (International Stauden-Union) Denmark
ISU (International Stauden-Union) Lisse, Holland
Japanese Nurseryman Meeting / Kawaguchi, Japan 97
Japanese Nurseryman Meeting / Gotenba, Japan 00
Landscape Ontario
Lilyhemmer regional Daylily Conference
Massachusetts Horticultural Society (in Kyoto)
Michigan Landscape and Nursery Association
Mid-Am Horticultural Trade Show –Chicago
Mid-Am Hardy Plant Society
Metropolitan Garden Club
Michigan Landscape and Nursery Association
New England Grows!
New York Botanic Garden
North American Rock Garden Society – Willamette Chapter
Northwest Hosta and Shade Garden Society
Northwest Perennial Alliance
Oklahoma Garden Festival
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Oregon Association of Nurserymen (Greenhouse Chapter)X2
Oregon Association of Nurserymen (Retail Chapter) Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Pack Trials (Euro American)
Perenne (Lauffen, GERMANY)
Perennial Plant Association (New Plants and Heuchera)
Poppybox Gardens
Portland Garden Club
Portland Home and Garden Show
Puget Sound Grower’s Association
Rainforest Gardens Symposium/ Vancouver, British Columbia
Shady Oaks Hosta Society –Nebraska
Southern Plant Conference (SNA)
Swarthmore- Scott Arboretum (Shared Speaker)
Swedish Horticultural Society – Gøthenborg, Sweden
Tennessee Nurseryman’s Society
Toronto Botanical Garden
Toronto Civic Garden Centre
University of Oregon
Winterthur
Yard, Garden, and Patio Show x2
Breeding programs: Pulmonaria, Tiarella, Heuchera, Echinacea, Coreopsis, Campanula, Digitalis, Tricyrtis, x Heucherella, Hosta, Scabiosa, Penstemon, Sedum, Thalictrum, Polemonium, Verbascum.
Plant collecting / research trips:
Argentina
Arkansas
Australia
Belgium
British Columbia (Coastal and Inland)
Chile
Costa Rica
Denmark
England
Germany
Holland
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Ontario, Canada
Sweden
Switzerland
Tasmania
Wales
US States:
Alaska
Arkansas
California N/S
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Published photography/feature articles in:
American Nurseryman x3
Better Homes & Gardens
Canadian Gardening
Country Living Gardener
Dirk Vander Werff’s PLANTS
Epic Gardener
Fine Gardening
Garden Gate
Garden Showcase
Gardens West
GM Pro
Greenhouse Grower
Horticulture Magazine
Martha Stewart Living (Dan Hinkley as writer)
New and Rare Plants (UK rare plant magazine)
NM Pro
OAN Digger
Organic Gardening
Pacific Horticulture
Southern Living
Sunset Magazine
The Oregonian x6
Current Lectures:
New Perennials from Around the World: A whirlwind tour of eight countries (Japan, Germany, Israel, US, Holland, England, Ireland & New Zealand), the shakers and movers in each country, and the plants they love. Focus will be primarily on hardy perennials but exceptional “temperennials” will also be shown. Tips on how to get plants into the US legally. (Our most popular presentation.)
Meet the Begonias: An entirely new program covering the varieties and uses of this fascinating family. Rare species will be shown and discussed; from 2” tall yellow blooming terrarium plants from Africa to 7’ tall giants from Brazil. Care, culture, and propagation will be revealed. Uses in the garden and home will also be explained.
Heuchera, Tiarella and their Allies: A brief history of this group of plants is followed by slides of native populations and the breeding programs that have transformed this quiet woodland group to some of the most sought-after perennials today.
"Shade Gardening with New Perennials": Methods of dealing with different types of shade are discussed as well as solving the problems of root and light competition. Gorgeous plant combinations are shown with an overview of new perennials and old favorites.
"Flash and Splash- building the Color Story": One of the most comprehensive slide presentations of variegated and colored-leaved plants in the world including surprises from New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. Topics include: how variegated plants are discovered, chimera vs. virus, and classification of variegation. Use of the color in design is shown, featuring color echoes, repetition, contrast, and harmony.
"To market, to market- to launch a new plant": The process of selection, “sport fishing", trials and the intricacies of market, patenting, and trade marking. Our current trials of perennials are featured as are many of our introductions, several patented.
"Asian Fascination": a program covering the pitfalls of traveling in Japan, how to collect plants and bring them home (legally!), and an overview of the Japanese nursery and collectors. Slides will be presented of incredible Japanese plants in cultivation and in the wild.
“Plant Marketing Around the World”: Dan has visited 21 countries taking a keen interest in how plants are promoted, presented and sold. See the best of the best and the worst of the worst in our field will be seen. Dan will also discuss his unique perspective on marketing and how his attendees can better “put themselves and their products forward”.
“Creating a Catalog”: Terra Nova produces one of the finest color catalogues in the US. (Boy are we modest! ) Learn how to “pull out” of the humdrum, text-only format and spice up what represents YOU and your nursery. We will touch on computers, software, digital cameras, film cameras, and how they all come together. Real examples of catalogues from “Napkin Sketch” to the final negative will be shared by all. Bring an example of a catalogue that “stands out” for group discussion. Seminar format 1.5 hrs. Limited group size.
"Four Fabulous Genera": A brief history of Pulmonaria, Tiarella, Heuchera, and x Heucherella is followed by slides of native populations and the breeding programs that have transformed these quiet woodlanders into some of the most sought-after perennials today.
Proposed Programs: 1- 2 hours
Air, Room and meals, transfers from airport + Lecture fee of $1200.00 (local appearances are less)
Address: 4309 SW Cullen Blvd. Portland, Oregon USA 97221
Ph: 503-977-7808 MWF 800-215-9450 ext. 314 UH
Fax: 503-244-2745
Email: dan@terranovanurseries.com
Website: www.terranovanurseries.com
CV 2004-1974
2004
Mid-Am Trade Show
Keynote speaker at Michigan Landscape and Nurserymen Show
Attended the IPM trade show at Messe in Essen, Germany to establish new trade contacts.
Traveled through France, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium and England in search of the early perennials.
Spoke to the Hardy Plant Society of Dortmund, Germany and to the group “Perenne” in Lauffen, Germany- the home of the nursery of Countess Von Zeppelin.
Awarded AGM by the Royal Horticultural Society for Echinacea ‘Ruby Giant’
Will speak at the Portland Home and Garden Show, Northwest Horticultural Society, University of Idaho, Pennsylvania Allied Nursery Trades Show, PPA in NYC, Southern Nurseryman’s Association in Atlanta.
2003
Costa Rica Trip w/Ken visiting Florexpo, Tropica, and of course the rainforest
Speaker at the Southern Plant Conference, visiting many SE Nurseries
Dan botanizes the Columbia Gorge with Christopher Lloyd and Fergus Garrett - with “gorge-master” Maurice Horn.
Tricyrtis Article by Dan printed in Pacific Horticulture
Winner of 2 Awards in France for two Terra Nova Plants
TV Shoot and tours with Peter Gaunitz, commentator for Sveriges Television (Swedish TV)
Full page in The English Garden on TN Plants by Noel Kingsbury
UK Magazine article on Corydalis by Dan in Dirk Vander Werff’s PLANTS
HGTV Gardening by the Yard: Heuchera shot at Terra Nova w/ Dan
Dan is quoted in the Wall St. Journal, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune on new plants.
Photography and article on Corydalis (including cover) for American Nurseryman
Numerous articles on TN plants have appeared in magazines this year including Garden Design.
TV shoots by 3 Portland TV Stations at the Nursery (6 shows)
Presented at the Oklahoma Garden Festival and Yard Garden and Patio Show in Oregon.
Spoke on KTOK 1000 from the Festival Floor
Presented new plants to the OAN Retail Chapter.
Met with grower/collectors in PA, NJ, and NY
WHPA The Jane Pepper Gardening Hour interview w/Dan
Met w/ ABC’s garden person, Rebecca Cole at her studio in NYC
OAN Retail Chapter Feb 13th
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon March 9
Mid-Atlantic Hardy Plant Society @ Swarthmore April 8th
Frelinghuysen Arboretum NJ April 10th- Keynote speaker
The Civic Garden Centre – Toronto April 23rd
CABC AM740 Toronto, The Art Drysdale Show interview w/Dan
OAN Greenhouse Grower’s Chapter April 29th At the Oregon Garden
Coming Up:
Perennial Plant Association- Jul 29th
Yew Dell Speaking Engagement (KY) September 5th
2002
Collecting and presentations in Southern California, meetings with local breeders, cut flower growers, and nurseries. Spoke at Yard, Garden and Patio Show in Portland, Oregon in February. Spoke at Home and Garden Show. Spoke at “Plant Nerd Night” sponsored by KXL-950, We are settled into our “dream” stock house, 90’x140’. Laying out of several acres of trial beds and display gardens. Booked for talks in Alaska, Seattle, California, and Switzerland at the University of applied sciences in Wädenswil, Switzerland, at an international conference on urban horticulture (2nd to 6th of September 02, www.urbanhorticulture.ch "The Reinvention of 2 Genera – Heuchera and Pulmonaria". Trip to Floriade and ISU congress with visits to nurseries in Belgium. Met with numerous nurseries in Holland. Presentation of 3 new plants at PPA and ISU in Holland.. Multiple TV appearances on Local TV and BBC (with a tie-in to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show). Terra Nova has been awarded 9 Awards of Garden Merit for their Heuchera by the RHS. This is the highest Award the Society bestows upon a plant after several years of trial. Plants were judged against 201 Heuchera and x Heucherella varieties. Reginald Cory Memorial Cup presented to Dan Heims by the Royal Horticultural society for advancements in the genus Heuchera. Articles and pictures published in “The Epic Gardener”. PPA –presented new plants. New plants featured in The Digger and Landscape Trades Magazine. Our staff won first prize at the Ohio Short Course for our innovative booth. Dan joined Massachusetts Horticultural Society as a horticultural consultant in November for a 2 week tour of the Gardens of Kyoto.
Our Painted fern selections win prizes at Ellersbie, the “Chelsea Show” of New Zealand.
2001
Jan 25 “Shade Gardening with New Perennials” “New Plants from Around the World”- Mid Am tradeshow
Awarded the Theodore Klein Plant Award in Kentucky. Tiarella article written by Dan was published in April Fine Gardening Magazine. Article published in the book “Variegated Plants in Color” Vol. 2 on Variegated Heuchera.
Trade and speaking trip to Germany and Holland. Speaking on “Plant sourcing and Marketing” and “Colorful Companions” in Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia. Civic Garden Centre in Toronto, Ontario. HGTV appearance at the Royal Botanic Gardens with Kathy Renwahl. Radio interview on HGTV. Local appearance at Poppybox Gardens. Plants featured in Landscape Trades Magazine. Speaking at the International Daylily convention in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in October. Just purchased 2 new pieces of property for development, quadrupling our space. Nursery expansion continues. PPA presentation. Ohio Short Course. Garden Writers of America trade show. Winner of a Gold Medal at Keukenhof 2001 in Holland. Winner of a Gold Certificate at Coursonne in France for Heuchera ‘Can Can’. Winner of ‘Best of Show’ with Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’ at the UK’s largest nursery show- Four Oaks. Winner of 9 Awards of Garden Merit at the Royal Botanical Garden at Wisley. Winner of “Best New Product” at the Scotgrow show in Scotland. Presented at the Southern Plant Conference ( a SNA sponsored biennial event). Spoke at Lilyhemmer regional Daylily conference.
Completed a horticultural/Agricultural tour of Chile and Argentina including a jaunt into the Andes to botanize with Patricio Ramirez at Volcan Chillan. Other time was spent visiting nurseries, farms, food processing plants, and wineries.
2000
Jan 28 “4 Great Genera” New England Grows Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 26 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Cranbrook Gardens Auxiliary Troy, Michigan
Feb 29 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Olbrich Botanical Gardens Madison, Wisconsin
March 2 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Cleveland Botanical Garden Cleveland, Ohio
March 4 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Winterthur Museum Winterthur, Delaware
May 16 “Variegated American Plants” Gotenba, Japan
August 5 "New Plant Introductions" Perennial Plant Association Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 13-18 International Stauden Union Copenhagen, Denmark
August 19 "4 Fabulous Genera" Gøthenborg, Sweden
October 10-13 Lecture and class (Four Fabulous Genera) at Chicago Botanic Garden
October 15 New England Greenhouse Growers Presentation on ‘New Vegetative Perennials’- Boston
November – Chicago Botanic Garden “Shade Gardening” and taught “Heuchera, Tiarella, and Pulmonaria”
Collecting trip to Japan completed. Photography and plant collection (Fukushima, Kowaguchi, Nagoya, Maibara, Kobe) Visits with many small specialty nurseries.
Martha Stewart Article on Heuchera featured our nursery and plants.
Hosted several groups of Japanese nurserymen and the Proven Winners North America and European affiliates.
Start of tetraploidy projects with Dr. Harini Koripala at the helm.
Photoshoots by Martha Stewart and Floragraphics.
Collecting and research trip to deep south w/Chuck Pavlich. Visits to trials in Ga. (Alan Armitage) and numerous nurseries.
TV appearances in Illinois, Tennessee, and Oregon. Special slideshow presentation in Mjukebjerg, Denmark at the ISU.
Visited a number of fascinating nurseries in Denmark, one does tissue culture on water plants! Spoke in Sweden and was a guest of Director Henrik Zetterlund for a behind the scenes tour of Gøthenborg (pronounced ‘yo-te-bor-ie’)- one of the top 10 European botanical gardens. Finished article on Foamflowers for Fine Gardening Magazine. Special Tricyrtis article written and published in Plants Magazine. Tiarella ‘Iron Butterfly’ featured at Hardy’s Gold Medal winning booth at RHS Chelsea show. Tiarella ‘IB’ won a medal at Plantarium in Holland and was featured in the RHS publication ,‘The Garden’
2 other medals won with Terra Nova Plants at Plantarium. Hosted Japanese nurserymen at the nursery in conjunction with the Farwest Show. Thierry Delabroye submitted our Tiarella ‘Ninja’ at Courson - France’s largest Horticultural Exposition – to win a coveted Silver Medal.Speaking engagements completed in Alaska (Alaska Rock Garden Society and Homer Garden Club), Arkansas
Flower and Garden Show, Shady Oaks Hosta Society- Nebraska, New York Botanic Garden (2 courses taught), Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, N. American Rock Garden Society- Willamette Chapter, NW Hosta and Shade Garden Society.
2 articles w/photography published in American Nurseryman magazine. Article printed in Fine Gardening on Tissue Culture. Greenhouse expansion and stock bed expansion completed. ’99 breeding program begun. Trip to UK completed see RHS-Chelsea and do a collection run to Devon. RHS Wisley undergoing trials for 200 Heuchera, many of which were contributed by Terra Nova.
1998
Spoke, as a primary speaker at Landscape Ontario, Canada's largest commercial trade show in January 1998 on 'New Perennials from Around the World'. Plants featured in GM Pro, NM Pro, Garden Gate, Greenhouse Grower, Greenhouse Product News, OAN Digger and other trade magazines. Tiarella article written to be published in New and Rare Plants, a rare plant magazine in England. Spoke to the Puget Sound Flower Grower's Association on "New Perennials". Photography and support published in Country Living Gardener. Beginning of polyploidy research at Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. Our Ph.D., Bruce Stermer will be leading the research with my direction on varieties. Preliminary research begun on additional genera for hybridization programs. Have been approved for several photoshoots for my home garden by Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. Had a record turnout for Pulmonaria Trials at the end of February. PPA open house at the nursery. Sylvia Cooperman (for a book on Pulmonaria) photographs and records our trials. We have signed one plant with Blooms of Bressingham and a number with Van Bloem. Our website: (www.terranovanurseries.com) has been given its own domain and is being updated with improved format, pictures, and wholesale areas. Produced a new catalog, unique in the industry, each with its own CDROM containing our website and slide shows of our nursery and our research programs. Trials in Tennessee in 1997 at the University of Tennessee list our Heuchera as "Highly desirable for the Southeastern Landscape". Positive results also reported from Alan Armitage's trials at the University of Georgia. 13 patents have been written and submitted at this point. Spoke on 3 new introductions at the PPA convention in Boston and did extended trips to Maine and New Hampshire. Presented an informal talk and slide-show in Hodenhagen, Germany for the International Stauden Union (like a PPA for the EU) Spent 2 weeks in Germany collecting plants and visiting nurseries behind the old 'iron curtain'. Brought back 125 plants from Germany, many new to the US. Terra Nova Nurseries has completed greenhouse expansion, and has built a cooler facility in September '98. This will double our capacity. Spoke to the Northwest Hosta and Shade Gardening Society on "Japanese Shade Plants" in their membership opener. My garden is featured in a frontispiece for the Time-Life Book "Pick the Right Plant" (1998), with another shot inside. Research and collecting trip to Southern California at misc. botanical gardens completed in March. Commissioned to speak on ‘New Perennials’ at the Far West Nursery Show in August. Winner of 2 Silver awards at Plantarium '98. 2 Articles published in the Farwest Nursery Show Magazine. Produced a new and expanded color catalog with a CD-ROM, a first for a nursery our size. Two Gold medals and 4 Silvers won at VKC Nieuw, a large Dutch tradeshow. Showed at the American Society of Landscape Architect's meeting in Portland in October. Articles written for American Nurseryman. My Heuchera Picture is the cover shot for American Nurseryman on Oct. 1. Nursery/botanizing/Speaking trip to Costa Rica completed in Early December. Hawaiian trip completed late December.
1997
Horticultural trips to California, Michigan, Israel, Japan, UK, and Holland completed. Spoke to the Portland Garden Club on variegated plants. Collecting trip to Japan completed in May. Spoke to a group of Japanese nurserymen in Chiba on "Variegated plants from around the world". Invited to speak to the IPPS in Sussex speaking on New Varieties and to tour Four Oaks in September. My garden is featured on the cover of Organic Gardening. Articles and photographs appear in newspapers and magazines. Website launched in February: (www.terranovanurseries.com) Conducting massive trials on Pulmonaria (1100 different) and Tiarella (3000 different) Began a program of Thalictrum hybridizing. Completed our 2nd expansion in Canby, Oregon, essentially doubling our lab’s size and adding 9000 additional square footage in the greenhouses. (3000-sq. ft. completed in March) Continued modernization of offices and computer networks. Farwest Show appearance. Presented three new varieties to the Perennial Plant Association forum on New Perennials in Raleigh, NC. Spoke to the International Plant Propagators in Arundel, West Sussex, UK on launching new varieties. Did research on the new book while in England. Met with Alan Bloom in Bressingham to discuss Heuchera history. Article and Photography published in New and Rare Plants, a rare plant magazine in England. Helped man the Just Must perennials booth at the Four Oaks Nursery Show near Manchester, England. Trip to Holland for search for new plant introductions and meet with nursery professionals. Rec'd 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals from VKC Nieuw Plant exposition in Holland. Plants to Wisley in UK for Heuchera trials 1998.
1996
Second lab construction complete, additional greenhouse built. Spoke to PPA in Denver for national show. Participated in the National Convention of the American Hosta Society. At the Hosta convention my Hosta (Jade Cascade) wins the Pauline Banyai Award (Best New Seedling) the David Van Fleet Award (Best green Seedling) and Best of Section. Sunset magazine runs 'Garden Masters' series featuring my garden and techniques. Traveled to New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania collecting, presenting, and acquiring photos and information for an upcoming book. Breeding program continues with breakthroughs in Pulmonaria, Tiarella, and Heuchera, especially in flowering types. 5 additional medals from Keukenhof show in Holland. Several more presented at VKC Nieuw show in Holland. Spoke to the American Association of Nurserymen at their convention on new introductions. Sold landscape construction company after 18 years. Have made marketing bonds with Oosterwijk JR in Holland and Just Must Perennials in England.
1995
Produced our new 20-page color catalog and we have released a CD-ROM of photographs of our plants. Garden photographed by Sunset Magazine and by Alan Mandell, international hort photographer. Several Heuchera featured in SUNSET magazine. Fine gardening article written and completed to run in November (5 page spread on Heuchera). Featured speaker at California Horticultural society at the Academy of Sciences. Trip to Holland, Germany, Ireland and England (Hampton Court Show) in June. PPA presentation in Minneapolis. Far West Show exhibition. IPPS regional meeting (Introduction of New Plants) Botanical and horticultural collecting trip to New Zealand completed at year's end, spoke to 'InPlants' group in New Zealand. Presented with multiple gold medals and 'Best New Perennial of 1995 at Plantarium '95 in Holland and at shows in Belgium. Breeding work continues with improved flower and foliage forms and for the first time, the combination of the two. Photo shoots for Fine Gardening and Sunset for a feature article on Garden Masters. We have sold our 20,000th plant in New Zealand and are exploring the international market further (inroads to Germany, Holland, and England have been made). Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. bought Macksburg Greenhouses adding 12000 sq. feet of production to our line. Have begun 2nd lab construction in Canby and have begun planting fields with trial plants and stock.
1994
Have been promoting in earnest, the plants of others through Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. We will have paid out nearly $5000 in royalties by the end of the shipping season. Collecting trip to North Carolina and West Virginia for plant collecting. Lecture to horticultural group in Vancouver, BC, Canada. PPA presentation of new perennials. Approached by Timber Press to do a book on Heuchera and their allies. Ken Druse shoots garden for "The Collector's Garden". Invested in STAGE IV in Mt. Vernon, Washington State, and a nursery venture by B&B plantsman Monte Gorman. Erected greenhouse and tunnels in Washington.
1993
Tissue culture lab has been built in Tigard. Production continues. 2nd Educational /collecting trip to England. Meeting with Beth Chatto, Graham Stuart Thomas and Brian Matthew at respective gardens. Went to Chelsea and helped with garden construction and labeling. Manned the Goldbrook Plants booth. Displayed our product with B&B Labs at the SNA nursery convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Farwest Nursery Show presentation. Attended and spoke to PPA on several new introductions in Beautiful British Columbia.
1992
Entered a partnership with Ken Brown in addition to running Terra Green Landscape. Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. We purchased a “used' tissue culture lab and we were in the process of upgrading equipment, purchasing chemicals, built a lab building and have erected a modest 10'x30' greenhouse on my property to house stock plants and allow controlled breeding. I am currently working with B & B Laboratories on mass-production of my new plants and am marketing my new introductions through a video to be shown at the FARWEST Nursery show and a slide to show are shown at the PPA convention in Cleveland.
1991
Began Terra-Nova Nursery cooperating with Paul Iwasaki of Riverview Greenhouses (for greenhouse use) in an effort to bring new and unusual plants from Japan, England, and our own back yard, to the wholesale market. Began an intensive breeding effort in several relatively minor genera. My first 'discovery' in 1988 was a variegated coral-bells, Heuchera sanguinea 'Snowstorm' of which over 1,000,000 plants have already been sold in England, France and Holland. Traveled to England on a collecting mission in May. Covered 1400 miles of English soil and attended Chelsea Flower Show.
1981 to date
Has been active in the Begonia Society, Bromeliad Society, Hardy Plant Society, Landscape Professionals chapter of the OAN, Rock Garden Society, and started the Northwest Hosta Society (Now the NW Hosta and Shade Gardening Society). Served as president of the Landscape Professionals and designed and built the Yard, Garden and Patio Show-front yard and back yard displays for several years. Formed "Anything But Green" a variegated plant group in 1994. Member of RHS, HPS, PPA, ISU, IPPS.
1978-1981
Started Terra Green Landscape as the 'plant boom' dwindled. Produced and narrated 'Garden Notes' on KKSN radio. Became a licensed Landscape Contractor. Terra Green Landscape activities in the past 18 years have included design, maintenance, construction and irrigation.
1977
Taught several plant courses at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). Went on 2 collecting/botanical missions to Hawaii. 2nd TV feature on Exotic Plants Unlimited. (KPTV)
1976
Began Exotic Plants Unlimited- selling wholesale and retail exotic plants with greenhouses in Portland and eventually Beaverton. Television appearance on KPTV (12).
1975
University of Oregon- Taught advanced interior plants- Commissioned by Dr. Wallace M. Ruff to receive and propagate seeds and cuttings from unexplored mountains of Papua New Guinea. Graduated in communications with a minor in landscape and botany. TV direction and production experience in Eugene-National Educational Television.
1974
University of Oregon - Placed in charge of university landscape architecture greenhouse (2nd year) Taught an accredited course on Organic Gardening.
AWARDS
2002 - Reginald Cory Memorial Cup presented to Dan Heims by the Royal Horticultural society for advancements in the genus Heuchera
2002 - 9 Awards of Garden Merit presented by the Royal Horticultural Society for:
'Burgundy Frost', 'Can Can' , 'Chocolate Veil' , 'Fireworks' , x H. 'Kimono' , 'Magic Wand' , 'Purple Petticoats', 'Sashay', and 'Smokey Rose'
2001 - Gold Medal at Keukenhof 2001 in Holland. (Heuchera Display)
2001 - Gold Certificate at Coursonne in France for Heuchera ‘Can Can’.
2001 - Best of Show (GOLD) Four Oaks Trade Show Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’
2001 - Best New Product Scotgrow Show in Scotland Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’ 2000 - 1 Gold award at Plantarium '00 Heuchera 'Ebony and Ivory' PP
2000 - 1 Silver award at Plantarium '00 Tiarella 'Iron Butterfly' PP
2000 - 2 Bronze awards at Plantarium '00 for Tiarella 'Mint Chocolate ' EBR and Tiarella 'Ninja' EBR
2000 - Theodore Klein Plant Award in Kentucky Heuchera ‘Pewter Veil’
1999 - 1 Silver award (Medaille d'argent) at Courson (the greatest French horticulture show) '99 (only 3 plant awards given) for Tiarella 'Ninja' PP
1998 - 2 Silver awards at Plantarium '98
Two Gold medals and 4 Silvers won at VKC Nieuw, a large Dutch show
1997 - 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals from VKC Nieuw Plant exposition in Holland, Hosta 'Jade Cascade' 1996 - American Hosta Society International Convention, The Pauline Banyai Award, Best Unregistered Seedling, David Van Fleet Award, Best Green-leaved Hosta, International Convention, Best of Section 7, International Convention, Best of Class, International Convention First Prize for Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal, 8.5, Heuchera 'Purple Petticoats'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.25, Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.15, Heuchera 'Stormy Seas'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.05, Ligularia tussilaginea 'Aureomaculata' TN Clone
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.1, Heuchera 'Regal Robe'
1996, VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.1, Heuchera Display, Best of Show Gold Medal
1996 - International Exposition Keukenhof, Holland Tiarella 'Tiger Stripe' (Oliver)
1996 -VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal 8.8, Heuchera 'Cascade Dawn'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal 8.5, Heuchera 'Stormy Seas'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal 8.0Heuchera 'Strawberry Swirl'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Bronze Medal 7.4, Heuchera 'Ruby Veil'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Bronze Medal 7.5, Heuchera 'Can Can', Heuchera 'Stormy Seas', Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles'
1995 - Plantarium '95, Boskoop, Holland Best New Perennial Introduction Gold Medal
Address:
4309 SW Cullen Blvd. Portland, Oregon USA 97221
Phone:
0101- 503-977-7808 MWF
800-215-9450 ext. 314 UH
Fax:
0101-503-244-2745
Email: dan@terranovanurseries.com
Website: www.terranovanurseries.com
CURRICULUM VITAE/ DAN HEIMS
Brief Bio:
Dan Heims has spent the last 28 years deeply involved in horticulture. He is currently the president of Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc., a company noted for its new introductions to horticulture.
Dan’s articles and photography have appeared in a number of magazines. He has taught horticulture courses, wholesaled exotic plants, and run his own “design and build” landscape business. He has hosted a weekly gardening show on radio (KKSN) and has appeared on U.S. and British television.
Dan’s garden has been featured in Sunset Magazine, Organic Gardening, and Better Homes and Gardens. His perennial breeding programs have produced many international gold and silver medal winners. His job description dictates that he must “travel the world and seek the newest perennials”. He has spoken around the United States, in Japan, England , New Zealand, Costa Rica, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Australia, and Canada.
Dan is currently working on a book of horticultural humor and one on Heuchera with Graham Ware of British Columbia.
Education: B.S. University of Oregon (Communications, Botany)
Radio/ TV Appearances:
KKSN Garden Notes, Dan’s weekly garden show, Oregon
KBOO Gardening Open Line, radio garden consultant, Oregon
KPTV (12) Gardening for Fun (2 appearances) Oregon
WKMZ TV New Perennials Tennessee
WKMZ TV Shade Plants Tennessee
WSPR TV The Morning Show Illinois
KOIN (6) Dig It! Oregon
KOIN (6) New Plants from TC Oregon
KOIN (6) Informational spots for Hart’s Nursery Oregon
ABC- Tasmania (63) What’s up with Terra Nova
HGTV (Cable) New Plants for the Garden (Toronto)
HGTV (2003) Terra Nova Introductions
KPTV (12) In the Garden with Mike Darcy (Begonias) Oregon
KPTV (12) In the Garden with Mike Darcy (Plant Nerds) Oregon
BBC Chelsea contributions from Terra Nova
BBC Plant Breeding at Terra Nova
KTOK AM 1040 The Garden Festival
KGW TV-8 Podophyllum and Master Gardeners promo
CABC AM740 Toronto The Art Drysdale Show
WHPA The Jane Pepper Gardening Hour
HGTV Gardening by the Yard: Heuchera
WPPT 1380 AM Jane Nugent on Terra Nova Plants
Sveriges Television On Heuchera w/ Peter Gaunitz
Grün Rüm (The Green Room) Swedish Television (Heuchera)
Lectures / Presentations/ Speaker at:
Alaska Rock Garden Society/ Homer Garden Club
Alaska Master Gardeners Convention
American Nurseryman Convention/ Portland
Arkansas Flower and Garden Show
Australian Institute of Horticulture Melbourne
Australian Institute of Horticulture Tasmania
California Horticultural Society / Academy of Sciences
Cheekwood Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cranbrook Botanical Garden
Farwest Nursery Show x2
Frelinghuysen Arboretum - NJ
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon
Hardy Plant Society of Dortmund, Germany
Hart’s Garden Center
Home and Gardening Show
Hood River Master Gardeners
Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
Horticulture Magazine- Spring Border Series (4 cities)
Innovaplant/ Costa Rica
Innovaplant/Kientzler Gensingen, Germany
International Plant Propagators / Arundel, England
IPPS Regional Meeting – Troutdale, OR
ISU (International Stauden-Union) Hodenhagen, Germany
ISU (International Stauden-Union) Denmark
ISU (International Stauden-Union) Lisse, Holland
Japanese Nurseryman Meeting / Kawaguchi, Japan 97
Japanese Nurseryman Meeting / Gotenba, Japan 00
Landscape Ontario
Lilyhemmer regional Daylily Conference
Massachusetts Horticultural Society (in Kyoto)
Michigan Landscape and Nursery Association
Mid-Am Horticultural Trade Show –Chicago
Mid-Am Hardy Plant Society
Metropolitan Garden Club
Michigan Landscape and Nursery Association
New England Grows!
New York Botanic Garden
North American Rock Garden Society – Willamette Chapter
Northwest Hosta and Shade Garden Society
Northwest Perennial Alliance
Oklahoma Garden Festival
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Oregon Association of Nurserymen (Greenhouse Chapter)X2
Oregon Association of Nurserymen (Retail Chapter) Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Pack Trials (Euro American)
Perenne (Lauffen, GERMANY)
Perennial Plant Association (New Plants and Heuchera)
Poppybox Gardens
Portland Garden Club
Portland Home and Garden Show
Puget Sound Grower’s Association
Rainforest Gardens Symposium/ Vancouver, British Columbia
Shady Oaks Hosta Society –Nebraska
Southern Plant Conference (SNA)
Swarthmore- Scott Arboretum (Shared Speaker)
Swedish Horticultural Society – Gøthenborg, Sweden
Tennessee Nurseryman’s Society
Toronto Botanical Garden
Toronto Civic Garden Centre
University of Oregon
Winterthur
Yard, Garden, and Patio Show x2
Breeding programs: Pulmonaria, Tiarella, Heuchera, Echinacea, Coreopsis, Campanula, Digitalis, Tricyrtis, x Heucherella, Hosta, Scabiosa, Penstemon, Sedum, Thalictrum, Polemonium, Verbascum.
Plant collecting / research trips:
Argentina
Arkansas
Australia
Belgium
British Columbia (Coastal and Inland)
Chile
Costa Rica
Denmark
England
Germany
Holland
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Ontario, Canada
Sweden
Switzerland
Tasmania
Wales
US States:
Alaska
Arkansas
California N/S
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Published photography/feature articles in:
American Nurseryman x3
Better Homes & Gardens
Canadian Gardening
Country Living Gardener
Dirk Vander Werff’s PLANTS
Epic Gardener
Fine Gardening
Garden Gate
Garden Showcase
Gardens West
GM Pro
Greenhouse Grower
Horticulture Magazine
Martha Stewart Living (Dan Hinkley as writer)
New and Rare Plants (UK rare plant magazine)
NM Pro
OAN Digger
Organic Gardening
Pacific Horticulture
Southern Living
Sunset Magazine
The Oregonian x6
Current Lectures:
New Perennials from Around the World: A whirlwind tour of eight countries (Japan, Germany, Israel, US, Holland, England, Ireland & New Zealand), the shakers and movers in each country, and the plants they love. Focus will be primarily on hardy perennials but exceptional “temperennials” will also be shown. Tips on how to get plants into the US legally. (Our most popular presentation.)
Meet the Begonias: An entirely new program covering the varieties and uses of this fascinating family. Rare species will be shown and discussed; from 2” tall yellow blooming terrarium plants from Africa to 7’ tall giants from Brazil. Care, culture, and propagation will be revealed. Uses in the garden and home will also be explained.
Heuchera, Tiarella and their Allies: A brief history of this group of plants is followed by slides of native populations and the breeding programs that have transformed this quiet woodland group to some of the most sought-after perennials today.
"Shade Gardening with New Perennials": Methods of dealing with different types of shade are discussed as well as solving the problems of root and light competition. Gorgeous plant combinations are shown with an overview of new perennials and old favorites.
"Flash and Splash- building the Color Story": One of the most comprehensive slide presentations of variegated and colored-leaved plants in the world including surprises from New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. Topics include: how variegated plants are discovered, chimera vs. virus, and classification of variegation. Use of the color in design is shown, featuring color echoes, repetition, contrast, and harmony.
"To market, to market- to launch a new plant": The process of selection, “sport fishing", trials and the intricacies of market, patenting, and trade marking. Our current trials of perennials are featured as are many of our introductions, several patented.
"Asian Fascination": a program covering the pitfalls of traveling in Japan, how to collect plants and bring them home (legally!), and an overview of the Japanese nursery and collectors. Slides will be presented of incredible Japanese plants in cultivation and in the wild.
“Plant Marketing Around the World”: Dan has visited 21 countries taking a keen interest in how plants are promoted, presented and sold. See the best of the best and the worst of the worst in our field will be seen. Dan will also discuss his unique perspective on marketing and how his attendees can better “put themselves and their products forward”.
“Creating a Catalog”: Terra Nova produces one of the finest color catalogues in the US. (Boy are we modest! ) Learn how to “pull out” of the humdrum, text-only format and spice up what represents YOU and your nursery. We will touch on computers, software, digital cameras, film cameras, and how they all come together. Real examples of catalogues from “Napkin Sketch” to the final negative will be shared by all. Bring an example of a catalogue that “stands out” for group discussion. Seminar format 1.5 hrs. Limited group size.
"Four Fabulous Genera": A brief history of Pulmonaria, Tiarella, Heuchera, and x Heucherella is followed by slides of native populations and the breeding programs that have transformed these quiet woodlanders into some of the most sought-after perennials today.
Proposed Programs: 1- 2 hours
Air, Room and meals, transfers from airport + Lecture fee of $1200.00 (local appearances are less)
Address: 4309 SW Cullen Blvd. Portland, Oregon USA 97221
Ph: 503-977-7808 MWF 800-215-9450 ext. 314 UH
Fax: 503-244-2745
Email: dan@terranovanurseries.com
Website: www.terranovanurseries.com
CV 2004-1974
2004
Mid-Am Trade Show
Keynote speaker at Michigan Landscape and Nurserymen Show
Attended the IPM trade show at Messe in Essen, Germany to establish new trade contacts.
Traveled through France, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium and England in search of the early perennials.
Spoke to the Hardy Plant Society of Dortmund, Germany and to the group “Perenne” in Lauffen, Germany- the home of the nursery of Countess Von Zeppelin.
Awarded AGM by the Royal Horticultural Society for Echinacea ‘Ruby Giant’
Will speak at the Portland Home and Garden Show, Northwest Horticultural Society, University of Idaho, Pennsylvania Allied Nursery Trades Show, PPA in NYC, Southern Nurseryman’s Association in Atlanta.
2003
Costa Rica Trip w/Ken visiting Florexpo, Tropica, and of course the rainforest
Speaker at the Southern Plant Conference, visiting many SE Nurseries
Dan botanizes the Columbia Gorge with Christopher Lloyd and Fergus Garrett - with “gorge-master” Maurice Horn.
Tricyrtis Article by Dan printed in Pacific Horticulture
Winner of 2 Awards in France for two Terra Nova Plants
TV Shoot and tours with Peter Gaunitz, commentator for Sveriges Television (Swedish TV)
Full page in The English Garden on TN Plants by Noel Kingsbury
UK Magazine article on Corydalis by Dan in Dirk Vander Werff’s PLANTS
HGTV Gardening by the Yard: Heuchera shot at Terra Nova w/ Dan
Dan is quoted in the Wall St. Journal, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune on new plants.
Photography and article on Corydalis (including cover) for American Nurseryman
Numerous articles on TN plants have appeared in magazines this year including Garden Design.
TV shoots by 3 Portland TV Stations at the Nursery (6 shows)
Presented at the Oklahoma Garden Festival and Yard Garden and Patio Show in Oregon.
Spoke on KTOK 1000 from the Festival Floor
Presented new plants to the OAN Retail Chapter.
Met with grower/collectors in PA, NJ, and NY
WHPA The Jane Pepper Gardening Hour interview w/Dan
Met w/ ABC’s garden person, Rebecca Cole at her studio in NYC
OAN Retail Chapter Feb 13th
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon March 9
Mid-Atlantic Hardy Plant Society @ Swarthmore April 8th
Frelinghuysen Arboretum NJ April 10th- Keynote speaker
The Civic Garden Centre – Toronto April 23rd
CABC AM740 Toronto, The Art Drysdale Show interview w/Dan
OAN Greenhouse Grower’s Chapter April 29th At the Oregon Garden
Coming Up:
Perennial Plant Association- Jul 29th
Yew Dell Speaking Engagement (KY) September 5th
2002
Collecting and presentations in Southern California, meetings with local breeders, cut flower growers, and nurseries. Spoke at Yard, Garden and Patio Show in Portland, Oregon in February. Spoke at Home and Garden Show. Spoke at “Plant Nerd Night” sponsored by KXL-950, We are settled into our “dream” stock house, 90’x140’. Laying out of several acres of trial beds and display gardens. Booked for talks in Alaska, Seattle, California, and Switzerland at the University of applied sciences in Wädenswil, Switzerland, at an international conference on urban horticulture (2nd to 6th of September 02, www.urbanhorticulture.ch "The Reinvention of 2 Genera – Heuchera and Pulmonaria". Trip to Floriade and ISU congress with visits to nurseries in Belgium. Met with numerous nurseries in Holland. Presentation of 3 new plants at PPA and ISU in Holland.. Multiple TV appearances on Local TV and BBC (with a tie-in to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show). Terra Nova has been awarded 9 Awards of Garden Merit for their Heuchera by the RHS. This is the highest Award the Society bestows upon a plant after several years of trial. Plants were judged against 201 Heuchera and x Heucherella varieties. Reginald Cory Memorial Cup presented to Dan Heims by the Royal Horticultural society for advancements in the genus Heuchera. Articles and pictures published in “The Epic Gardener”. PPA –presented new plants. New plants featured in The Digger and Landscape Trades Magazine. Our staff won first prize at the Ohio Short Course for our innovative booth. Dan joined Massachusetts Horticultural Society as a horticultural consultant in November for a 2 week tour of the Gardens of Kyoto.
Our Painted fern selections win prizes at Ellersbie, the “Chelsea Show” of New Zealand.
2001
Jan 25 “Shade Gardening with New Perennials” “New Plants from Around the World”- Mid Am tradeshow
Awarded the Theodore Klein Plant Award in Kentucky. Tiarella article written by Dan was published in April Fine Gardening Magazine. Article published in the book “Variegated Plants in Color” Vol. 2 on Variegated Heuchera.
Trade and speaking trip to Germany and Holland. Speaking on “Plant sourcing and Marketing” and “Colorful Companions” in Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia. Civic Garden Centre in Toronto, Ontario. HGTV appearance at the Royal Botanic Gardens with Kathy Renwahl. Radio interview on HGTV. Local appearance at Poppybox Gardens. Plants featured in Landscape Trades Magazine. Speaking at the International Daylily convention in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in October. Just purchased 2 new pieces of property for development, quadrupling our space. Nursery expansion continues. PPA presentation. Ohio Short Course. Garden Writers of America trade show. Winner of a Gold Medal at Keukenhof 2001 in Holland. Winner of a Gold Certificate at Coursonne in France for Heuchera ‘Can Can’. Winner of ‘Best of Show’ with Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’ at the UK’s largest nursery show- Four Oaks. Winner of 9 Awards of Garden Merit at the Royal Botanical Garden at Wisley. Winner of “Best New Product” at the Scotgrow show in Scotland. Presented at the Southern Plant Conference ( a SNA sponsored biennial event). Spoke at Lilyhemmer regional Daylily conference.
Completed a horticultural/Agricultural tour of Chile and Argentina including a jaunt into the Andes to botanize with Patricio Ramirez at Volcan Chillan. Other time was spent visiting nurseries, farms, food processing plants, and wineries.
2000
Jan 28 “4 Great Genera” New England Grows Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 26 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Cranbrook Gardens Auxiliary Troy, Michigan
Feb 29 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Olbrich Botanical Gardens Madison, Wisconsin
March 2 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Cleveland Botanical Garden Cleveland, Ohio
March 4 “Colorful Companions” Horticulture Magazine Lecture Winterthur Museum Winterthur, Delaware
May 16 “Variegated American Plants” Gotenba, Japan
August 5 "New Plant Introductions" Perennial Plant Association Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 13-18 International Stauden Union Copenhagen, Denmark
August 19 "4 Fabulous Genera" Gøthenborg, Sweden
October 10-13 Lecture and class (Four Fabulous Genera) at Chicago Botanic Garden
October 15 New England Greenhouse Growers Presentation on ‘New Vegetative Perennials’- Boston
November – Chicago Botanic Garden “Shade Gardening” and taught “Heuchera, Tiarella, and Pulmonaria”
Collecting trip to Japan completed. Photography and plant collection (Fukushima, Kowaguchi, Nagoya, Maibara, Kobe) Visits with many small specialty nurseries.
Martha Stewart Article on Heuchera featured our nursery and plants.
Hosted several groups of Japanese nurserymen and the Proven Winners North America and European affiliates.
Start of tetraploidy projects with Dr. Harini Koripala at the helm.
Photoshoots by Martha Stewart and Floragraphics.
Collecting and research trip to deep south w/Chuck Pavlich. Visits to trials in Ga. (Alan Armitage) and numerous nurseries.
TV appearances in Illinois, Tennessee, and Oregon. Special slideshow presentation in Mjukebjerg, Denmark at the ISU.
Visited a number of fascinating nurseries in Denmark, one does tissue culture on water plants! Spoke in Sweden and was a guest of Director Henrik Zetterlund for a behind the scenes tour of Gøthenborg (pronounced ‘yo-te-bor-ie’)- one of the top 10 European botanical gardens. Finished article on Foamflowers for Fine Gardening Magazine. Special Tricyrtis article written and published in Plants Magazine. Tiarella ‘Iron Butterfly’ featured at Hardy’s Gold Medal winning booth at RHS Chelsea show. Tiarella ‘IB’ won a medal at Plantarium in Holland and was featured in the RHS publication ,‘The Garden’
2 other medals won with Terra Nova Plants at Plantarium. Hosted Japanese nurserymen at the nursery in conjunction with the Farwest Show. Thierry Delabroye submitted our Tiarella ‘Ninja’ at Courson - France’s largest Horticultural Exposition – to win a coveted Silver Medal.Speaking engagements completed in Alaska (Alaska Rock Garden Society and Homer Garden Club), Arkansas
Flower and Garden Show, Shady Oaks Hosta Society- Nebraska, New York Botanic Garden (2 courses taught), Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, N. American Rock Garden Society- Willamette Chapter, NW Hosta and Shade Garden Society.
2 articles w/photography published in American Nurseryman magazine. Article printed in Fine Gardening on Tissue Culture. Greenhouse expansion and stock bed expansion completed. ’99 breeding program begun. Trip to UK completed see RHS-Chelsea and do a collection run to Devon. RHS Wisley undergoing trials for 200 Heuchera, many of which were contributed by Terra Nova.
1998
Spoke, as a primary speaker at Landscape Ontario, Canada's largest commercial trade show in January 1998 on 'New Perennials from Around the World'. Plants featured in GM Pro, NM Pro, Garden Gate, Greenhouse Grower, Greenhouse Product News, OAN Digger and other trade magazines. Tiarella article written to be published in New and Rare Plants, a rare plant magazine in England. Spoke to the Puget Sound Flower Grower's Association on "New Perennials". Photography and support published in Country Living Gardener. Beginning of polyploidy research at Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. Our Ph.D., Bruce Stermer will be leading the research with my direction on varieties. Preliminary research begun on additional genera for hybridization programs. Have been approved for several photoshoots for my home garden by Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. Had a record turnout for Pulmonaria Trials at the end of February. PPA open house at the nursery. Sylvia Cooperman (for a book on Pulmonaria) photographs and records our trials. We have signed one plant with Blooms of Bressingham and a number with Van Bloem. Our website: (www.terranovanurseries.com) has been given its own domain and is being updated with improved format, pictures, and wholesale areas. Produced a new catalog, unique in the industry, each with its own CDROM containing our website and slide shows of our nursery and our research programs. Trials in Tennessee in 1997 at the University of Tennessee list our Heuchera as "Highly desirable for the Southeastern Landscape". Positive results also reported from Alan Armitage's trials at the University of Georgia. 13 patents have been written and submitted at this point. Spoke on 3 new introductions at the PPA convention in Boston and did extended trips to Maine and New Hampshire. Presented an informal talk and slide-show in Hodenhagen, Germany for the International Stauden Union (like a PPA for the EU) Spent 2 weeks in Germany collecting plants and visiting nurseries behind the old 'iron curtain'. Brought back 125 plants from Germany, many new to the US. Terra Nova Nurseries has completed greenhouse expansion, and has built a cooler facility in September '98. This will double our capacity. Spoke to the Northwest Hosta and Shade Gardening Society on "Japanese Shade Plants" in their membership opener. My garden is featured in a frontispiece for the Time-Life Book "Pick the Right Plant" (1998), with another shot inside. Research and collecting trip to Southern California at misc. botanical gardens completed in March. Commissioned to speak on ‘New Perennials’ at the Far West Nursery Show in August. Winner of 2 Silver awards at Plantarium '98. 2 Articles published in the Farwest Nursery Show Magazine. Produced a new and expanded color catalog with a CD-ROM, a first for a nursery our size. Two Gold medals and 4 Silvers won at VKC Nieuw, a large Dutch tradeshow. Showed at the American Society of Landscape Architect's meeting in Portland in October. Articles written for American Nurseryman. My Heuchera Picture is the cover shot for American Nurseryman on Oct. 1. Nursery/botanizing/Speaking trip to Costa Rica completed in Early December. Hawaiian trip completed late December.
1997
Horticultural trips to California, Michigan, Israel, Japan, UK, and Holland completed. Spoke to the Portland Garden Club on variegated plants. Collecting trip to Japan completed in May. Spoke to a group of Japanese nurserymen in Chiba on "Variegated plants from around the world". Invited to speak to the IPPS in Sussex speaking on New Varieties and to tour Four Oaks in September. My garden is featured on the cover of Organic Gardening. Articles and photographs appear in newspapers and magazines. Website launched in February: (www.terranovanurseries.com) Conducting massive trials on Pulmonaria (1100 different) and Tiarella (3000 different) Began a program of Thalictrum hybridizing. Completed our 2nd expansion in Canby, Oregon, essentially doubling our lab’s size and adding 9000 additional square footage in the greenhouses. (3000-sq. ft. completed in March) Continued modernization of offices and computer networks. Farwest Show appearance. Presented three new varieties to the Perennial Plant Association forum on New Perennials in Raleigh, NC. Spoke to the International Plant Propagators in Arundel, West Sussex, UK on launching new varieties. Did research on the new book while in England. Met with Alan Bloom in Bressingham to discuss Heuchera history. Article and Photography published in New and Rare Plants, a rare plant magazine in England. Helped man the Just Must perennials booth at the Four Oaks Nursery Show near Manchester, England. Trip to Holland for search for new plant introductions and meet with nursery professionals. Rec'd 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals from VKC Nieuw Plant exposition in Holland. Plants to Wisley in UK for Heuchera trials 1998.
1996
Second lab construction complete, additional greenhouse built. Spoke to PPA in Denver for national show. Participated in the National Convention of the American Hosta Society. At the Hosta convention my Hosta (Jade Cascade) wins the Pauline Banyai Award (Best New Seedling) the David Van Fleet Award (Best green Seedling) and Best of Section. Sunset magazine runs 'Garden Masters' series featuring my garden and techniques. Traveled to New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania collecting, presenting, and acquiring photos and information for an upcoming book. Breeding program continues with breakthroughs in Pulmonaria, Tiarella, and Heuchera, especially in flowering types. 5 additional medals from Keukenhof show in Holland. Several more presented at VKC Nieuw show in Holland. Spoke to the American Association of Nurserymen at their convention on new introductions. Sold landscape construction company after 18 years. Have made marketing bonds with Oosterwijk JR in Holland and Just Must Perennials in England.
1995
Produced our new 20-page color catalog and we have released a CD-ROM of photographs of our plants. Garden photographed by Sunset Magazine and by Alan Mandell, international hort photographer. Several Heuchera featured in SUNSET magazine. Fine gardening article written and completed to run in November (5 page spread on Heuchera). Featured speaker at California Horticultural society at the Academy of Sciences. Trip to Holland, Germany, Ireland and England (Hampton Court Show) in June. PPA presentation in Minneapolis. Far West Show exhibition. IPPS regional meeting (Introduction of New Plants) Botanical and horticultural collecting trip to New Zealand completed at year's end, spoke to 'InPlants' group in New Zealand. Presented with multiple gold medals and 'Best New Perennial of 1995 at Plantarium '95 in Holland and at shows in Belgium. Breeding work continues with improved flower and foliage forms and for the first time, the combination of the two. Photo shoots for Fine Gardening and Sunset for a feature article on Garden Masters. We have sold our 20,000th plant in New Zealand and are exploring the international market further (inroads to Germany, Holland, and England have been made). Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. bought Macksburg Greenhouses adding 12000 sq. feet of production to our line. Have begun 2nd lab construction in Canby and have begun planting fields with trial plants and stock.
1994
Have been promoting in earnest, the plants of others through Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. We will have paid out nearly $5000 in royalties by the end of the shipping season. Collecting trip to North Carolina and West Virginia for plant collecting. Lecture to horticultural group in Vancouver, BC, Canada. PPA presentation of new perennials. Approached by Timber Press to do a book on Heuchera and their allies. Ken Druse shoots garden for "The Collector's Garden". Invested in STAGE IV in Mt. Vernon, Washington State, and a nursery venture by B&B plantsman Monte Gorman. Erected greenhouse and tunnels in Washington.
1993
Tissue culture lab has been built in Tigard. Production continues. 2nd Educational /collecting trip to England. Meeting with Beth Chatto, Graham Stuart Thomas and Brian Matthew at respective gardens. Went to Chelsea and helped with garden construction and labeling. Manned the Goldbrook Plants booth. Displayed our product with B&B Labs at the SNA nursery convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Farwest Nursery Show presentation. Attended and spoke to PPA on several new introductions in Beautiful British Columbia.
1992
Entered a partnership with Ken Brown in addition to running Terra Green Landscape. Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. We purchased a “used' tissue culture lab and we were in the process of upgrading equipment, purchasing chemicals, built a lab building and have erected a modest 10'x30' greenhouse on my property to house stock plants and allow controlled breeding. I am currently working with B & B Laboratories on mass-production of my new plants and am marketing my new introductions through a video to be shown at the FARWEST Nursery show and a slide to show are shown at the PPA convention in Cleveland.
1991
Began Terra-Nova Nursery cooperating with Paul Iwasaki of Riverview Greenhouses (for greenhouse use) in an effort to bring new and unusual plants from Japan, England, and our own back yard, to the wholesale market. Began an intensive breeding effort in several relatively minor genera. My first 'discovery' in 1988 was a variegated coral-bells, Heuchera sanguinea 'Snowstorm' of which over 1,000,000 plants have already been sold in England, France and Holland. Traveled to England on a collecting mission in May. Covered 1400 miles of English soil and attended Chelsea Flower Show.
1981 to date
Has been active in the Begonia Society, Bromeliad Society, Hardy Plant Society, Landscape Professionals chapter of the OAN, Rock Garden Society, and started the Northwest Hosta Society (Now the NW Hosta and Shade Gardening Society). Served as president of the Landscape Professionals and designed and built the Yard, Garden and Patio Show-front yard and back yard displays for several years. Formed "Anything But Green" a variegated plant group in 1994. Member of RHS, HPS, PPA, ISU, IPPS.
1978-1981
Started Terra Green Landscape as the 'plant boom' dwindled. Produced and narrated 'Garden Notes' on KKSN radio. Became a licensed Landscape Contractor. Terra Green Landscape activities in the past 18 years have included design, maintenance, construction and irrigation.
1977
Taught several plant courses at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). Went on 2 collecting/botanical missions to Hawaii. 2nd TV feature on Exotic Plants Unlimited. (KPTV)
1976
Began Exotic Plants Unlimited- selling wholesale and retail exotic plants with greenhouses in Portland and eventually Beaverton. Television appearance on KPTV (12).
1975
University of Oregon- Taught advanced interior plants- Commissioned by Dr. Wallace M. Ruff to receive and propagate seeds and cuttings from unexplored mountains of Papua New Guinea. Graduated in communications with a minor in landscape and botany. TV direction and production experience in Eugene-National Educational Television.
1974
University of Oregon - Placed in charge of university landscape architecture greenhouse (2nd year) Taught an accredited course on Organic Gardening.
AWARDS
2002 - Reginald Cory Memorial Cup presented to Dan Heims by the Royal Horticultural society for advancements in the genus Heuchera
2002 - 9 Awards of Garden Merit presented by the Royal Horticultural Society for:
'Burgundy Frost', 'Can Can' , 'Chocolate Veil' , 'Fireworks' , x H. 'Kimono' , 'Magic Wand' , 'Purple Petticoats', 'Sashay', and 'Smokey Rose'
2001 - Gold Medal at Keukenhof 2001 in Holland. (Heuchera Display)
2001 - Gold Certificate at Coursonne in France for Heuchera ‘Can Can’.
2001 - Best of Show (GOLD) Four Oaks Trade Show Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’
2001 - Best New Product Scotgrow Show in Scotland Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’ 2000 - 1 Gold award at Plantarium '00 Heuchera 'Ebony and Ivory' PP
2000 - 1 Silver award at Plantarium '00 Tiarella 'Iron Butterfly' PP
2000 - 2 Bronze awards at Plantarium '00 for Tiarella 'Mint Chocolate ' EBR and Tiarella 'Ninja' EBR
2000 - Theodore Klein Plant Award in Kentucky Heuchera ‘Pewter Veil’
1999 - 1 Silver award (Medaille d'argent) at Courson (the greatest French horticulture show) '99 (only 3 plant awards given) for Tiarella 'Ninja' PP
1998 - 2 Silver awards at Plantarium '98
Two Gold medals and 4 Silvers won at VKC Nieuw, a large Dutch show
1997 - 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals from VKC Nieuw Plant exposition in Holland, Hosta 'Jade Cascade' 1996 - American Hosta Society International Convention, The Pauline Banyai Award, Best Unregistered Seedling, David Van Fleet Award, Best Green-leaved Hosta, International Convention, Best of Section 7, International Convention, Best of Class, International Convention First Prize for Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal, 8.5, Heuchera 'Purple Petticoats'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.25, Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.15, Heuchera 'Stormy Seas'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.05, Ligularia tussilaginea 'Aureomaculata' TN Clone
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.1, Heuchera 'Regal Robe'
1996, VKC NIEUW, Belgium Gold Medal, 9.1, Heuchera Display, Best of Show Gold Medal
1996 - International Exposition Keukenhof, Holland Tiarella 'Tiger Stripe' (Oliver)
1996 -VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal 8.8, Heuchera 'Cascade Dawn'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal 8.5, Heuchera 'Stormy Seas'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Silver Medal 8.0Heuchera 'Strawberry Swirl'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Bronze Medal 7.4, Heuchera 'Ruby Veil'
1996 - VKC NIEUW, Belgium Bronze Medal 7.5, Heuchera 'Can Can', Heuchera 'Stormy Seas', Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles'
1995 - Plantarium '95, Boskoop, Holland Best New Perennial Introduction Gold Medal
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