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Nan Ripley :
Walkabout Gardens
Scheduled at Walkabout Gardens "in the Garden" Events:
Coming Soon.
My husband Merwyn Ripley and I have lived on 10 acres in rural Iowa since
1965. I retired from Iowa State University in 2003, where I was the Office
Manager for the Athletic Compliance Department, to spend more time with my
passions: gardening, hybridizing daylilies, watercolor painting,
photography, and family.
Being an active member of the National Conifer Society, Iowa Regional Lily
Society, Ames Garden Club, Iowa Arboretum Plant Collection Management
Committee and Board, Co-hort Member at Iowa State University Reiman Gardens,
Master Gardener since 1994, landscape consultant with the National Garden
Clubs, Garden Judge and instructor for the American Hemerocallis Society,
and having our garden be an American Hemerocallis Society National Display
Garden keeps me busy all year. Walkabout Gardens will also be a new variety
display garden for Ball Seed once again in 2011. I like writing articles on
gardening and perennials and have done so for several newspapers, journals,
and magazines. Teaching a class on hybridizing in our Walkabout Gardens
every July is a joy. I am now the AHS Director of Region One and Chair of the Educational Outreach program for AHS. I am looking forward to all the great new things that are coming from AHS.
Each spring I design and plant a new garden area for the seedlings, along
with many unusual annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees. I love searching
for new and different plants to add to the gardens. Approximately 3,000
seedlings are planted each spring, and remain in the garden beds for 3 years
for evaluation. The gardens are usually refreshed and replanted with new
seedlings during the fourth year.
My hybridizing program was one of the featured articles in the December 2009
"Daylily Journal". To date, I have 15 daylily introductions. We ship from
end of May until November 1st. We also have a daylily seedling sale in July
in the garden (email or call for the date).
SHIPPING: We normally ship USPS Priority Mail with tracking unless other arrangements have been made. We ship anywhere in the USA but only in the USA. All plants shipped as double fans unless otherwise specified. We ship starting the middle of May and continuing until November 1st. Shipping charge: $15.00 for first plant, add $2.00 for each additional
plant. Walkabout Gardens is Rust free.
Please email for availability of daylilies. Checks or Money Orders made out
to Nan Ripley. Payment to be made upon confirmation of order unless other
arrangements have been made.
Nan Ripley
Walkabout Gardens
26391-595 Ave.
Nevada, IA 50201-7904
Tel: 515-382-6269
E-mail: nrip@iowatelecom.net or walkaboutgarden@gmail.com |