Since Mark is hounding me to start posting here, I shall! Hi everyone, my name is Matt Mattus, and I've been an alpine plant enthusiast practically my whole life. I joined NARGS about 8 years ago and started growing alpines more seriously then, so I feel like a newbie although I think I probably have worn out that excuse. I live in central Massachusetts on 2.5 acres of land bordering woodlands, on property and a home that was my grandfathers home built in 1910. With three generations of gardeners, I am lucky to have good soil and old trees and a mature planting that has a history.
I grow most of my alpines in troughs, and a small crevice garden, but I do keep a raised alpine bed along the foundation of my greenhouse. In the greenhouse, I grow many bulbs, mostly winter blooming southern hemisphere bulbs, and little bit of everything else. As an obsessed plant lover, I'm sure many of you can understand. I love to travel and hike alpine area around the world, and look for every opportunity to join expeditions or explorations in unusual areas.
Some of you may be familiar with my blog Growing with plants, where I try to post interesting events and adventures in my gardening life, as well as my self published digital magazine, Plant Society. Also, I guess I should admit that I am a secret design contributor here at NARGS.com, designing the logo, the banners and many of the graphics on this beautiful site that Hugh built.
I cherish many of the friendships that I have made through NARGS, and I look forward to making more. It's the best plant society in the world! (although, I do like the folks at the SRGS too!).
