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Tyra G.

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 Tyra’s many hats:  

Tyra can sometimes be found in the office ordering plants and planning for our Spring 4” program, baskets, and our Summer 5.5” program. In the early spring, when we are mostly sticking cuttings, Tyra manages the hydration tent. She works the transplanter and helps the flow of the production team. She pulls Specialty Annuals and Annual Grass orders during the shipping season. In summers she can be found watering and doing data entry. By fall she's working with the greenhouse-cleaning team, the construction crew and doing hot-bench assembly. She's also our resident “Great Stuff” applicator. 

The 2025 Staff story prompt was how do you use, (work with) plants? Here's Tyra's response:

There is no shortage of things to do with RCG plants.  Eating what I grow is an obvious one.  I also like to concoct fun culinary specialty items, such as, Habanero Simple Syrup for mocktails (burns like alcohol but without the headache), and oils and vinegars that are infused with herbs.  My boyfriend suffers from eczema of the ear, so this year I grew a lot of Calendula to make him a soothing salve.  Most of the flowers I grow end up in vases around the house.  They also become arrangements for hostess gifts.  Some flowers go into the flower press so that I can make Thank You Cards all year.  A marigold garland decorated the banister for a few weeks this summer.  This year I also got into making silk lampshades and tried using some plant-based dyes for the silk.  One of the simplest and greatest pleasures I get from RCG plants is watching all the hummingbirds feed on them.