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County Garden Club Website
Get to Know Our Team
Alicia Dunn
President
Having arrived in Summit County in 1982 from Los Angeles, I initially had no idea about gardening at such high altitude. However, upon discovering the SCGC, I was warmly welcomed and guided on cultivating plants suited to our alpine surroundings. I eventually became a Master Gardener and joined the SCGC board. Apart from tending to my raised vegetable beds, I find immense joy in summer wildflower hiking.
Terrie Warren
Board Member
My interest in mountain gardening began in the. Summer of 2010 after moving to Summit County. I grew container herbs and embraced the beauty and hardiness of Columbine, phlox, lupine and poppies along with other “perennials”, becoming adept at finding “sale” plants at local nurseries. I also realized Summit had a significant invasive plant problem and enrolled in the Master Gardener program with an eye to learning more about growing good plants and eradicating bad ones. I am a past President of the Summit County Garden Club, an active volunteer with High Country Conservation and an AVID golfer!!
Kathy Childs
Board Member at Large
After moving from the east coast to Denver, I quickly became acquainted with the challenges of high plains gardening and joined the Arapahoe County Master Gardener Program. Through much trial and error, I modified my Centennial neighborhood's bone dry 'eye sores' into low maintenance xeriscape gardens. Now a part time Summit County resident, I've enjoyed the restoration of the Breakenridge Alpine Garden immensely. I also teach a kids coding class at the Breckenridge Library and ski almost every day!
Peech Keller
Board Member
I began my love of growing things while helping my dad around the yard. He’d take me to the plant nurseries and let me pick out a few things. Then I graduated to Forestry school where I also minored in
horticulture. Moving from Chicago to Georgia really got my green thumb growing when I discovered I could grow FOOD as well as flowers. I became obsessed with gardening. When I moved to the high country of Colorado over 20 years ago, I thought I’d have to abandon my love of growing things, but I was SOOO wrong. I became a Master Gardener and learned so much just from talking to other people and reading voraciously. Joining a garden club has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done to enhance my knowledge of this beautiful yet harsh growing environment.
Diane Buyers
Board Member at Large
I moved to Summit County in 2016 from northern Virginia and took the CSU Master Gardener class for a crash course in high desert gardening. My volunteer hours for that program were spent at Breckenridge Alpine Gardens where I continue to garden, learn, and share with other gardeners the challenges of our short but glorious summers at high altitude.