Basic Green is a unique resource - providing the nursery/landscape industry, particularly in Ohio, with a credible source of horticulture information in both English and Spanish.

"I am a firm believer in knowing the basics. Basic knowledge of plant development, growth, culture, and maintenance is like a foundation of a building. Just as a building needs a strong foundation or the whole structure can collapse - in education, the basics have to be firmly entrenched or our grasp of a subject can crumble." -- Dr. Hannah Mathers, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist - Nursery & Landscape, OSU Department of Horticulture & Crop Science (The Buckeye, 2001)

The "Greening the Highways" Project under the direction of Dr. Hannah Mathers and Ph D student Michele Bigger is getting much press! Here are the links:

http://video.nbc4i.com/v/42239346/urban-trees.htm?q=trees

http://www.snponline.com/articles/2011/06/12/gahanna_news/news/ghplanting_20110607_0926am_6.txt

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Dave Gardner is an associate professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at The Ohio State University.  He began his career at Ohio State in 2000 and has taught plant materials classes since 2006.

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