Artist Gary L Hightshoe | Sidekick Hardcover Journal

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Silo construction began slowly in the late 1800s, driven largely by the need for winter feed for dairy and cattle operations across the northern states. In Iowa, cattle could graze green pastures from spring through fall — but the high nutritional value of chopped cornstalks, preserved through fermentation inside upright round silos, kept them fed through the cold months. Like every great duo — Batman and Robin, Sherlock and Watson, Han Solo and Chewie, Sam and Frodo — the silo became the indispensable sidekick of the Iowa barn. Who is your sidekick? Or whose sidekick are you? Reflecting on the roles we've played, and with whom, can be one of the most revealing exercises in understanding ourselves. Get Gary's Hardcover Journal and take note. Gary L. Hightshoe is an Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University, where he taught plant materials, planting design, and landscape resource management for more than 47 years. Over the course of nearly half a century, his colleagues, clients, students, and family have known him by many names — the Tree Whisperer, the Grandfather of the Prairie, the Godfather of Savanna Studio — and every one of them fits. A lifelong conservationist, ecologist, historian, illustrator, hunter, angler, photographer, and artist, Gary is the author and illustrator of two landmark works: Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Rural and Urban America and North American Plantfile — books that continue to shape the field of landscape architecture. His most enduring legacy, however, may be Savanna Studio at Iowa State: the only traveling landscape architecture studio of its kind in the world. Over two decades, Gary led more than 1,000 students out from behind their desks and into the field — to the Boundary Waters, Yellowstone, Theodore Roosevelt, Banff, the Badlands, and beyond — because, as he has always believed, "you can't develop a relationship with the landscape from behind a desk." Gary loves the great White Oak, the Pagoda and Flowering Dogwood, and any native prairie forb. His granddaughters will tell you he is decidedly not a fan of petunias, lilacs, or red-leafed varieties. And he has spent a lifetime restoring 40 acres of never-tilled original Iowa land — wetland, prairie, and forest — to the way it was always meant to be. "Long after we've come and gone, a tree still stands." — Gary L. Hightshoe About this Journal: • Size: 5.5" × 8.5" — the perfect companion, at home or on the go • 80 lined pages of cream-colored paper • UltraHyde hardcover with a rich, luxurious feel • Cream ribbon page marker and matching elastic closure • Expandable inner pocket for recipes, notes, cards, and keepsakes • Print quality is exceptional — vivid, true-to-life, and exactly as pictured
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Silo construction began slowly in the late 1800s, driven largely by the need for winter feed for dairy and cattle operations across the northern states. In Iowa, cattle could graze green pastures from spring through fall — but the high nutritional value of chopped cornstalks, preserved through fermentation inside upright round silos, kept them fed through the cold months. Like every great duo — Batman and Robin, Sherlock and Watson, Han Solo and Chewie, Sam and Frodo — the silo became the indispensable sidekick of the Iowa barn. Who is your sidekick? Or whose sidekick are you? Reflecting on the roles we've played, and with whom, can be one of the most revealing exercises in understanding ourselves. Get Gary's Hardcover Journal and take note. Gary L. Hightshoe is an Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University, where he taught plant materials, planting design, and landscape resource management for more than 47 years. Over the course of nearly half a century, his colleagues, clients, students, and family have known him by many names — the Tree Whisperer, the Grandfather of the Prairie, the Godfather of Savanna Studio — and every one of them fits. A lifelong conservationist, ecologist, historian, illustrator, hunter, angler, photographer, and artist, Gary is the author and illustrator of two landmark works: Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Rural and Urban America and North American Plantfile — books that continue to shape the field of landscape architecture. His most enduring legacy, however, may be Savanna Studio at Iowa State: the only traveling landscape architecture studio of its kind in the world. Over two decades, Gary led more than 1,000 students out from behind their desks and into the field — to the Boundary Waters, Yellowstone, Theodore Roosevelt, Banff, the Badlands, and beyond — because, as he has always believed, "you can't develop a relationship with the landscape from behind a desk." Gary loves the great White Oak, the Pagoda and Flowering Dogwood, and any native prairie forb. His granddaughters will tell you he is decidedly not a fan of petunias, lilacs, or red-leafed varieties. And he has spent a lifetime restoring 40 acres of never-tilled original Iowa land — wetland, prairie, and forest — to the way it was always meant to be. "Long after we've come and gone, a tree still stands." — Gary L. Hightshoe About this Journal: • Size: 5.5" × 8.5" — the perfect companion, at home or on the go • 80 lined pages of cream-colored paper • UltraHyde hardcover with a rich, luxurious feel • Cream ribbon page marker and matching elastic closure • Expandable inner pocket for recipes, notes, cards, and keepsakes • Print quality is exceptional — vivid, true-to-life, and exactly as pictured