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Staff Horticulturist, Christine 'Chris' Harmeyer, along with seasonal staff and contractors perform all horticulture-related activities in West Des Moines' Valley Junction business districty, 22 City parks, 13 City facilities, 2 aquatic centers, 1 cemetery, and 2 trail segments. These areas include 209 landscaped beds and 45 non-landscaped sites totaling nearly 3 acres. Valley Junction alone has 52 permanent planters which receive 2 seasons of color: summer annuals and winter greenery with festive accessories, perennial and annual beds in the walkways, perennial beds in Railroad Park, a rain garden, and a rooftop garden.
About Chris
Chris has been a lifelong lover of plants, especially flowering plants. She chose her career in public gardens to share her passion for beautifying otherwise plain spaces with diverse, eye-catching groupings of trees, shrubs, perennials, and annual plants.
Chris has a horticulture degree from Iowa State University with an emphasis on public gardens. She has worked at Reiman Gardens in Ames, IA, Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha, NE, the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, OK, Lake Quivira Country Club near Kansas City, MO, and the University of Kansas Medical Center Botanic Gardens in Kansas City, KS before coming to the City.
Chris is ready to make an impact on the West Des Moines community with fresh ideas for existing landscaped areas and planters as well as looking into opportunities for growth within the expanding West Des Moines area. Chris is also looking forward to opportunities to teach others about horticulture and the impact plants have on our health and well-being. Her design philosophy emphasizes the importance public and shared landscape spaces can have on the overall quality of our lives.
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