Artist Gary L Hightshoe | Farm Mom Oversized Hoodie
On Stagecoach Road, in the Skunk River Valley northwest of Ames, Iowa, there once stood a wood silo and a barn. Gary L Hightshoe drew them in 1972 — captivated by the silo, made not of glazed tile or concrete or metal, but of redwood or fir staves bound with encircling cables. Wood silos first appeared on the Midwest farm landscape in the 1880s. By the 1930s they were everywhere, the iconic sidekick to the barn. By the time Gary drew this one, they were already vanishing. The Farm Mom Oversized Hoodie carries that landscape in a relaxed, easy-to-live-in silhouette — built for the women who hold whole farms, whole families, and whole communities together. The ones who keep showing up, season after season. Farm Mom, through and through.
⚠ Sizing note: This hoodie runs slightly small and is less stretchy than other styles in the Collective. For the perfect fit, consider sizing up one.
Gary L Hightshoe is the "Tree Whisperer." The grandfather of the prairie. The godfather of Savanna Studio. As Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University, Gary taught plant materials, planting design, and landscape resource management for more than 47 years. His students, his colleagues, and his friends gave him those names because they captured what was true: nobody knew the trees, the prairie, the savanna, the Midwest's living landscape the way Gary did, and nobody loved them more.
Gary is the author and illustrator of North American Plantfile and Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Rural and Urban America — books that have shaped the field of landscape architecture for a generation. His most enduring contribution may be Savanna Studio, the only traveling landscape architecture studio of its kind in the world. Over two decades, Gary led more than 1,000 students to the Boundary Waters, Yellowstone, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Banff, and the Badlands — teaching them that you can't develop a relationship with the landscape from behind a desk.
Through his art, Gary brings the natural world he has spent a lifetime studying into spaces where people can carry a piece of it with them every day. Every tree he draws, every barn he sketches, every silo he renders is a small act of preservation — a record of the Midwest as it was, as it is, and as it deserves to be remembered.
"Long after we've come and gone, a tree still stands." — Gary L Hightshoe
About this Hoodie:
• Unisex oversized fit — available in sizes S through 3XL, every design, every color
• Premium soft, midweight fabric for an effortlessly cozy feel
• Relaxed silhouette — built for layering, gifting, and that wrap-yourself-up kind of comfort
• Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing across two print areas: front and back — artwork bonded into the fabric, not pressed on top. Won't crack, peel, or fade.
• Sizing note: this hoodie runs slightly small. For the perfect fit, consider sizing up one
• Tested in real life: washed many times, still looks like the day it arrived
On Stagecoach Road, in the Skunk River Valley northwest of Ames, Iowa, there once stood a wood silo and a barn. Gary L Hightshoe drew them in 1972 — captivated by the silo, made not of glazed tile or concrete or metal, but of redwood or fir staves bound with encircling cables. Wood silos first appeared on the Midwest farm landscape in the 1880s. By the 1930s they were everywhere, the iconic sidekick to the barn. By the time Gary drew this one, they were already vanishing. The Farm Mom Oversized Hoodie carries that landscape in a relaxed, easy-to-live-in silhouette — built for the women who hold whole farms, whole families, and whole communities together. The ones who keep showing up, season after season. Farm Mom, through and through.
⚠ Sizing note: This hoodie runs slightly small and is less stretchy than other styles in the Collective. For the perfect fit, consider sizing up one.
Gary L Hightshoe is the "Tree Whisperer." The grandfather of the prairie. The godfather of Savanna Studio. As Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University, Gary taught plant materials, planting design, and landscape resource management for more than 47 years. His students, his colleagues, and his friends gave him those names because they captured what was true: nobody knew the trees, the prairie, the savanna, the Midwest's living landscape the way Gary did, and nobody loved them more.
Gary is the author and illustrator of North American Plantfile and Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Rural and Urban America — books that have shaped the field of landscape architecture for a generation. His most enduring contribution may be Savanna Studio, the only traveling landscape architecture studio of its kind in the world. Over two decades, Gary led more than 1,000 students to the Boundary Waters, Yellowstone, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Banff, and the Badlands — teaching them that you can't develop a relationship with the landscape from behind a desk.
Through his art, Gary brings the natural world he has spent a lifetime studying into spaces where people can carry a piece of it with them every day. Every tree he draws, every barn he sketches, every silo he renders is a small act of preservation — a record of the Midwest as it was, as it is, and as it deserves to be remembered.
"Long after we've come and gone, a tree still stands." — Gary L Hightshoe
About this Hoodie:
• Unisex oversized fit — available in sizes S through 3XL, every design, every color
• Premium soft, midweight fabric for an effortlessly cozy feel
• Relaxed silhouette — built for layering, gifting, and that wrap-yourself-up kind of comfort
• Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing across two print areas: front and back — artwork bonded into the fabric, not pressed on top. Won't crack, peel, or fade.
• Sizing note: this hoodie runs slightly small. For the perfect fit, consider sizing up one
• Tested in real life: washed many times, still looks like the day it arrived
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