The Best Fruits & Berries for Colorado’s Front Range

Details:

• Date: Saturday, February 8
• Doors: 11:45 am
• Class: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
• Tickets: $18
• Food & drinks will not be provided but you are welcome to bring your own.

Course Description

Learn which Fruit Trees and Small Fruits have stood the test of time along the east side of the Rocky Mountains.  Scott Skogerboe has tested 100s of varieties in his three acre property north of Fort Collins over the last 30 years.  Let his experiences guide you in selection, pollination requirements, and cultural requirements needed for successful backyard fruit growing.

Presented by Scott Skogerboe

Scott Skogerboe has been the Propagator at Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery for the last 30 years where he grows 300,000 trees and shrubs every year for sale to nurseries from Casper to Albuquerque. Early in his horticultural career Scott was the owner of a small nursery specializing in fruit trees and berries adaptable to the rigors of growing on the high plains of our region.

Scott is a graduate of Colorado State University with a B.S. degree in Landscape Horticulture. In 2016 Scott was awarded the honor of being selected Commercial Horticulturist of the year by the American Horticultural Society. Prior to becoming a horticulturist, Scott was a Sergeant in the US Army where he was a medic and a clinical specialist. He had the honor of being selected to be the ambulance driver in the motorcades of President George Herbert Walker Bush and later with General Colin Powell. Scott in his spare time enjoys going out with his wife Dianne, also a professional Horticulturist, to explore for new plants. One of his claims to fame is he discovered the last remaining tree planted by Johnny Appleseed.

Host or Publisher Fort Collins Nursery