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Bob Streitmatter, manager of Luthy Botanical Garden, will teach us how to harness the natural beauty of our gardens, using the many beautiful native perennials, trees & shrubs. From ginger to leadplant, he will cover the woodland and prairie plants that can be incorporated, seamlessly melding our gardens with nature.

Bob is a Registered Landscape Architect. He grew up in Princeville Illinois and received a Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Illinois. Since 2005 he has been manager at Luthy Botanical Garden, a Peoria Park District facility.  He practiced Landscape Architecture for 21 years in the private sector, as a Senior Landscape Architect with Green View Design Group.