This is to inform everyone that I have retired from the El Paso Zoo. I now work at the University of Texas at El Paso as their Horticultural Manager. My ...
To anyone with polar bear, walrus, or sea otter exhibits: Could you please send me your plant list for these exhibits if it is not too much trouble? I would...
Hort
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Jan 4, 2005 8:13 pm
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Greetings to all, We are currently building a red kangaroo/wallaby/emu exhibit that will have primarily Florida native plants with some Australian plants mixed...
Hi Steve, The following group of plants have been grown with some success in Kangaroo/Wallaby enclosures or are growing untouched in parts of the Zoo ...
Hi Everyone, Looking for contacts specializing in faux boulders and tree stumps. I found a couple online, but curious if anyone has specific companies that do...
Dodson Studios has done a significant amount of work here at Sedgwick County Zoo. Nice people, great work ethics. I believe they have done work at Disney and...
Danielle, Here is the website for Dodson Studios. We have enjoyed working with them here at the Sedgwick County Zoo. http://www.dodsonstudiosinc.com E-mail...
We used the Larson Company out of Arizona to do our faux rocks and tree stumps. It was 14 years ago, I don't know if they're still around, but they did...
deborah.lalumondier@...
Jan 5, 2005 8:10 pm
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I've seen great work from many companies and awful blobs from the same companies. Sadly, alot depends on what quality work your budget can afford. The...
Cemrock from Arizona has done some beautiful shotcrete as well as epoxy trees and stumps here at Buffalo. They also do shotcrete boulders of very high quality....
I agree with Rob. The first stone work done inside our facility was okay. The second job done by the same company different artisan was much better. Mo...
Does anyone know of a good source for Aucuba japonica (solid green)? I'd prefer a source from the northeastern U.S. Thanks! Susan...
Hort
hortpgh@...
Jan 5, 2005 8:45 pm
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Danielle, When we began the renovation with the Children's Zoo in St. Louis, we chose to develop an in-house construction crew for this very reason. Costs, and...
In response to Rob's point which is very accurate - the people in these companies do flip=flop around all the time, sometimes in the middle of a project. I our...
... National Tropical Botanical Garden Director of Limahuli Garden & Preserve The National Tropical Botanical Garden, under its Congressional charter, ...
Hello All, To anyone with polar bear, walrus, or sea otter exhibits: Could you please send me your plant list for these exhibits if it is not too much trouble?...
Emmett Bender
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Jan 11, 2005 1:28 pm
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Landscaper has reccommended Buddleia marrubifolia for a new rabbit exhibit. "Rabbit resistant" is the term they used probably because this is a plant on our...
my experience with "resistant" plants is that it might be true if there is a variety of plants for the animal to choose from BUT if it is the only plant ...
Erica, I tend to agree with Steve in that 'variety' in an exhibit distracts the occupant from toying with the same piece of plant material or exhibit furniture...
________________________________ From: Susan Pierce Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:11 PM To: 'AZH-subscribe@...' Subject: plant sources Would...
Susan Pierce
spierce@...
Jan 12, 2005 7:44 pm
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Call Patty Murphy at Horticultural Associates, Rochester, NY. (585-889-5933). There is not many plants she cannot find. They are brokers with big databases....
Sue, According to the Anderson Horticultural Library's plant finder ( http://plantinfo.umn.edu/arboretum/), the Aucuba can be found at Baier and at Bobtown...
Heidi Watters
heidi@...
Jan 12, 2005 8:12 pm
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When we were doing Congo Gorilla Forest at the Bronx Zoo, I ordered dozens of Oplopanax. They all came from the northwest (never did find a better source) and...
I'm wondering what type of irrigation people have had the best success with for their tropical rainforest complexes? drip? Micro spray heads? outdoor style...
Hi Steve, We have the micro spray heads in our conservatory and it has worked quite well for us. We check the system once a month and replace clogged heads. It...
We have drip in our exhibit with an injector. The injector is fine in beds away from aquarium exhibits, we had drainage into one once. We do mostly hand...
Chris Gabbard
cgabbard@...
Jan 18, 2005 3:49 pm
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Steve, my experience with drip, and I may have said this before, is the fact that you cannot not see it operting. I like the mist type heads. You can see it...
We had a drip system installed with an injector. It has been a problem from day one. The lines were kinked by the roots of some of the trees in here. We...
At the Bronx Zoo we had tried drip only to run into rat and mice problems. They continually ate through the lines, creating leaks and leaving areas unwatered. ...
