Ernie Wasson
Ernie George Wasson ( Ernie G. Wasson, born January 10, 1950 in Berkeley, California) is an American botanists and horticulturists.
Life
Ernie Wasson attended from 1964 to 1968 in the point near Berkeley City El Cerrito El Cerrito High School and the then studied 1968-1974 at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, where he graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography. From 1978 to 1981 he was co-owner of the nursery Northwoods Nursery in Arcata. He was also from 1979 to 1981 worked as a teacher at the College of the Redwoods, later in the Green Animals Topiary Gardens in Rhode Iceland. From 1982 to 1984 graduated from Wasson the Longwood Graduate Program in Ornamental Horticulture and Public Garden Management at the University of Delaware in Newark and graduated with a Master of Science degree.
As part of his university education Wasson dealt with the communication of scientific information on plant breeding, plant selection and gardening measures to protect the plants from harmful effects in public areas (public horticulture ). He completed his master's degree as part of the Longwood Graduate Program, the interdisciplinary approach is based on the traditional preparations of Longwood Gardens. After completing his studies Wasson initially worked again in the private sector. From 1985 to 1990 he was head of the Green Animals Topiary Gardens in Portsmouth, Rhode Iceland from 1991 to 1998, he worked at the Berkeley Horticultural Nursery horticultural business in its place of origin Berkeley. From 1997 to 2000 Wasson wrote the Internet column All Plants Considered.
Since 1998, Wasson manages the plant growing area and the botanical teaching garden at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. There he supervised one of the most species-rich sage gardens in the world. In addition, the garden includes in particular an extensive collection of Californian vegetation and global vegetation of the Mediterranean climate. While Wasson's previous tenure were there among others, the three cultivars Salvia ' Katheena ' (1998), Salvia ' Cabrillo Sunrise' (1999) and Salvia ' Cabrillo Sunset' (2001) bred.
Wasson was involved as one of six expert advisers to the original English edition, edited by Gordon Cheers and published by Random House in 1997 Australian horticultural work Botanica, The Illustrated AZ of over 10,000 Garden Plants and How to Cultivate Them, where he primarily for the areas of horticulture and plant design, South African plants, ornamental grasses and sage species was responsible. For the English-language license issue for the United States, which appeared in the same year at the New York publishing Barnes & Noble, Wasson was also responsible, with Richard G. Turner Jr. as editor. The book is now considered a standard work; it appeared in several, partly revised editions and licensed editions and was translated into several languages. The German -language edition was first published in 1998 under the title Botanica: The ABC's of plants. 10,000 species in text and image in Cologne Könemann publishing company.
For the 2001 published at Global Book Publishing in Australia horticultural plant trees & shrubs. Illustrated A-Z of over 8500 plants ( German trees & shrubs. Illustrated, about 8500 plants from A -Z) recorded Wasson as co-editor and as a senior consultant responsible. The book was also published in several editions and licensed editions, including under the altered title The complete encyclopedia of trees and shrubs. Descriptions, Cultivation Requirements, Pruning, Planting, and has been translated into the Chinese language.
Ernie Wasson is a member of the California Native Plant Society ( CNPS ) and the Western Horticultural Society, where he also acts as a speaker.
Quote
"Any living organism 's basic options: adapt, migrate or die. "
" The basic options for every living organism: Customize migrate or die. "
Gallery
Cabrillo College, The Salvia Garden (Eng. The sage garden): display board at the entrance area
Cabrillo College, The Salvia Garden (Eng. The sage garden): sub-area, with visitors
Publications (selection )
Authorship
- Home Horticulture Information Requests and A Model for Establishing Horticultural Information Resource Centers. University of Delaware, Newark (Delaware / USA), 1987, no ISBN (English, freely available online as a digital copy, PDF file).
Editorship and expert advice
- Botanica, The Illustrated AZ of over 10,000 Garden Plants and How to Cultivate Them. Barnes & Noble, New York City (USA) 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0816-9 ( English, 1007 pages, illustrated in color, with CD -ROM; issue together with R. G. Turner Jr. and participation as a consultant ).
- Trees & shrubs. Illustrated A-Z of over 8500 plants. Global Book Publishing, Willoughby (New South Wales / Australia) 2001, ISBN 1-7404-8007-4 (English, 928 pages, color illustrations, with CD -ROM; -editor and Senior Consultant ).