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2013 marks the 10th year of the Loveland Garden Tour & Art Show Tour to benefit Loveland Youth Gardeners. This event, which demonstrates the beauty and benefits of sustainable gardening, will be held on Saturday, June 22, from 8:00 am - 2:30 pm.
This year, the tour features seven “Gardens on Garfield.” All of the gardens are within ½ mile from beginning to end, conducive to walking and/or biking. The tour includes a sale of "art for the garden" and a silent auction of paintings to enhance outdoor living spaces, created by local and regional artists.
Proceeds from this event benefit Loveland Youth Gardeners, a local non-profit organization, which provides educational programs for youth ages 5-21 and fresh produce for low-income residents in our community.
Tickets will be on sale from June 1-22 at the following locations:
Loveland:
Cloz to Home
Earle’s Loveland Floral & Gifts
Gateway Garden Center
Loveland Garden Center
Rabbit Shadow Greenhouse
Rowe’s Flowers & Gifts
Fort Collins:
Bath Garden Center
Gulley Greenhouse
Fort Collins Nursery
Harmony Gardens
Love. Some say it makes the world go ‘round. For others, it goes ‘round the world.
Warren and Genny Garst traveled the world with Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” television program that aired on NBC from 1963 to 1985. Before cable television offered hundreds of viewing options that show was Must See TV for a generation on Sunday evening. Many grew up with Marlin Perkins as a regular visitor in their living rooms.
But what they didn’t know was that Warren and Genny built their love and their marriage on the road with this influential program; he as the cameraman and she as his business and life partner – capturing images that thrilled a generation. These images documented nature, wild life and cultures that had never been filmed and presented them to a broad viewing audience.
And while all this was happening, an amazing love story was written. But its start took place years before in the 1950’s, in Douglas, Wyoming.
Warren was a mechanical engineer, working in the oil industry. This career path didn’t suit him so he set up shop in his parent’s basement coal cellar writing articles about hunting, fishing and wildlife and partnering with his mother Shannon Garst to write children’s books. Nature related subject matter became his passion, but it wasn’t a very salable venture. Editors told Warren they would love to buy his stories, if only they had pictures that accompanied them.
Well, all righty then. Warren learned how to photograph wildlife. Even though he found contract work with Disney, he was still mostly unemployed and lived in his parents basement.
Then one day, a lovely blond-haired young woman knocked on the front door.
She was Genevieve Sherwin Terrana, daughter of a Sterling rancher and separated wife of a soldier who chose to blaze a trail with another woman. For Genny, that was a deal breaker. She left California and went to Douglas to help her brother and his wife, while her sister-in-law struggled with a terminal cancer diagnosis. Because of the problems she encountered getting a divorce in California where she had lived, Genny decided to file in Wyoming. She hired Warren’s attorney father to officially break the deal.
Genny walked the two blocks from her brother’s home to Joe’s to personally delivery the paperwork. Warren answered the door, accepted it on his dad’s behalf and then shut the door on his future wife.
Unbeknownst to them, folks in town had other plans for Warren and Genny. Siblings and townspeople had their eye on the two of them. They knew. This man and this woman were weaved on the same loom. Their souls and spirits were one – but separate. As far as everyone who knew them figured, they needed to be together.
“I think it was a conspiracy,” said Warren. “People kept putting us together in different situations and finally we went on a date.”
So they started dating. It was difficult. Warren took off to different continents depending on whatever freelance contracts he managed to secure. Genny was busy breaking ground as a computer programmer for Martin Marietta and then as a Computer Programming and Mathematics professor at Colorado State University.
No wonder Warren thought she was hot.
Finally Warren proposed. Genny knew a good thing when she saw it and said, “Yes.” They married on May 8, 1958 in Douglas. They honeymooned in Yellowstone while Warren filmed bears for a Disney short film. An infant porcupine named Spinecone accompanied them. Warren had always been known as someone who would adopt critters when they were in trouble. Spinecone lived with the Garsts until he was finally sent to a zoo in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska.
Then came the call from producer Don Meir, who Warren had worked with on Disney’s film series, Zoo Parade. Would Warren consider being the cameraman for a new program called Wild Kingdom, sponsored by Mutual of Omaha?
Warren agreed. But there was a condition. “I told Don that Genny and I were partners, and wherever I went, she went,” he said. “Don didn’t want women traveling with us, but I wouldn’t go without Genny.” Apparently, the “No Women Rule” was broken repeatedly by handsome Wild Kingdom co-host, Jim Fowler.
All told, Genny and Warren have travelled to over 100 countries plus the Arctic and Antarctic. They’ve rolled down red-sanded dunes, been guests of the Shah of Iran and lived with bushman of the Kahlahar. They’ve seen the glaciers of Greenland and count Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall among their friends.
True love is big. It’s deep. It expresses itself in so many ways – especially in poems, and love letters carved in stone. For their 45th wedding anniversary, Warren wrote this poem:
To Genny... Happy 45th Anniversary
Genny...Because of you...
I’ve traveled to far places
But always had a home
And it’s all because of you.
I’ve won awards and fame
Even strangers know my name
And it’s all because of you.
I’ve reached most goals and dreams
And had a happy healthy life
And it’s all because of you.
I’m a far better person
Than I ever was before
And it’s all because of you.
Warren and Genny Garst:
A Traveling Love Story
Style Media & Design, parent company of Lydia’s Style Magazine and Northern Colorado Medical & Wellness magazine, is proud to announce they have achieved Silver level status with the Fort Collins ClimateWise program.
ClimateWise is a voluntary City of Fort Collins program that helps local businesses become more environmentally friendly in their day-to-day business practices. The program is free to join and utilizes peer networking, public recognition, technical assistance and other tools to help businesses reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing waste, implementing energy-saving practices, alternative transportation, water conservation and more.
Style Magazine achieved the Silver level status within their first year by complying with ClimateWise’s reporting requirements and by adopting these green practices: utilizing paper waste recycling, upgrading to an energy efficient furnace and air conditioner, and upgrading from fluorescent light fixtures to LED bulbs.
Since its inception, ClimateWise has worked with participating businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 136,000 metric tons of CO2e per year. They are hoping to close in on 140,000 tons by the end of their current year.
If you would like to learn more about the ClimateWise program or to learn how you can sign up, visit www.fcgov.com/climatewise.
Style Magazine Reaches ClimateWise Silver
By Angeline Grenz
Dogs, cats, horses and farm animals all find sanctuary at Denkai. For the past nine years, Floss Blackburn, founder of Denkai, has provided abused and neglected animals of all shapes and sizes a secure place to live out their lives. Over those years, Denkai has sheltered more than 200 animals and grown from a mere 15 acres to over 640 acres.
The current 640-acre facility was purchased in 2008, with a seller-financed loan. The $380,000 note on the property is due this year and Blackburn has been able to raise most of the investment needed, including funding from a possible partnership with the Farm Service Agency and a local foundation. Only $40,000 remains.
“Denkai Animal Sanctuary has one more hurdle to pass that will allow us to become completely sustainable,” said Blackburn in a recent fundraising letter.
To find out more about Denkai Animal Sanctuary or to see how you might be able to assist this nonprofit organization, visit www.denkaisanctuary.org.
Denkai Animal Sanctuary Seeks $40,000 to Complete Expansion
By Angeline Grenz
