Andres "Andy" West

• Landscape sustainability
  
• Conservation
  
• Home gardening
  
• Fruit and vegetable production
  
• Native plants
  
• Waterwise landscaping

• Spring vegetable planting guide for Idaho, BUL 965

Impact statements

• Twin Falls community gardens increase access to healthy foods and provide education
• Homeschool groups, the untapped educational opportunity
• Growing the master gardener program using hybrid online/in-person learning (pdf)
• Zoom as a delivery method for multi-county master gardener programming (pdf)

Andres (Andy) West has been involved in horticulture for most of his life beginning with starting a lawncare business with his brothers at the age of 12. He has undergraduate degrees in horticulture and a masters in higher education with an emphasis in teaching and learning. He has a passion for teaching others, particularly horticulture practices. He has worked in residential and commercial landscape maintenance, greenhouse production, native plants, landscape design/build and Extension education. Horticulture is a big part of his life. His wife also graduated in horticulture and most of their propagules (children) are named after plants. Their hobby greenhouse in the backyard is 21’ x 60’. One of his main focuses is landscape sustainability.