THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 12, 1995 TAG: 9503100096
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G2 EDITION: FINAL
SERIES: WEEDER'S DIGEST
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
COLUMNIST Robert Stiffler has gathered gardening news and tips all winter for today's special Weeder's Digest issue of Home & Garden.
Stiffler learned to garden in Iowa, following his grandmother down rows of tomatoes, potatoes, asparagus and rhubarb.
In the early '50s, he learned to garden ``down South'' while serving in the Navy.
For more than 25 years, Stiffler worked in marketing and advertising with Smith-Douglass Fertilizer, which later became part of Borden Inc. He operated that company's lawn and garden division.
Stiffler and the late Fred Heutte founded the Men's Garden Club of Tidewater. Stiffler also is a past president of the Norfolk Botanical Garden Society.
He was selected the Horticulturist of the Year in 1988 by the Tidewater Virginia Nurserymen's Association.
In 1974, Stiffler began writing a garden column for The Virginian-Pilot; he's been at it ever since.
He retired from the Barker, Campbell & Farley advertising agency in 1986.
This is his 16th Weeder's Digest.
Stiffler and the Home & Garden staff hope you enjoy this year's garden guide. ILLUSTRATION: Photo by CNB