Patty Manning Pollinator Garden to Honor a Passionate Advocate of Big Bend Flora

18/04/2025 4 min

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Episode Synopsis

The garden’s namesake was a passionate advocate for our region’s plants. Manning, who passed away September 8th, managed the Sul Ross greenhouse for 18 years, worked as a teacher and consultant and, with her partner Cindi Wimberly, founded Twin Sisters Natives. That business offered plants Manning had cultivated, with careful expertise, from seeds she’d collected.

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