"How North Creek’s Past Informs Its Path Forward" with Steve Castorani

Thursday, August 13 at 4:00pm 
Garland Farm
$10 members / $20 non-members / free for students

*If you register to attend on Zoom, a link will be sent you separately. Registrations within one hour of the program's start may not be received in time for you to participate live, but you will be sent a recording of the program once the video has been processed and uploaded.

North Creek’s 38‐year journey has been shaped by early mentors, forgotten cultivars, and lessons learned from old catalogs. This talk reflects on how those experiences and an early shift toward native plants that provide ecosystem services continues to guide North Creek’s commitment to resilience, diversity, ecological function, and to “plants that stand the test of time.”

Castorani is the CEO, President and co-Founder of North Creek Nurseries, a progressive nursery business specializing in perennial, fern, vine, and ornamental grass plug production with an emphasis on Eastern regional native plants. In 2004, he co-created the American Beauties Native Plant® brand, which distributes plants to independent garden centers throughout the U.S. eastern, mid-western and select western states. He also co-owns an independent garden center—Gateway Garden Center in Hockessin, Delaware— with his wife Peg.