GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Kathy Kimbrough’s green thumb has continually pointed the way, creating numerous life-altering opportunities for the 53-year-old Redlands resident. An avid interest in gardening has shaped Kimbrough’s relationships, her commitments to the community, and her career. And this local entrepreneur, who’s lived in the Grand Valley since 1998, says she loves every minute of it.
“I love what I do,” Kimbrough said. “I have a good life here. I wouldn’t change a thing.”
Kimbrough owns her own garden-consulting firm, Garden Scentsations, and she’s also a master gardener working with the Colorado State University Extension since 2001.
“I’ve always been a gardener,” she added. “I learned from my mom, Betty Glaser.”
Becoming a master gardener had everything to do with Kimbrough’s move to Grand Junction from Texas with her husband, Joe. Before they moved to Colorado, gardening was simply a pleasurable hobby for Kimbrough.
“I wanted to learn how to garden (in Grand Junction),” she said. “It’s a very different climate from other places I’ve lived.”
So, she took classes. And then classes turned into work with the CSU Extension, a hub for research-based knowledge for Colorado’s agricultural community. In Kimbrough’s case, she makes house calls for landscape and garden problems through the CSU program.
From her involvement with the extension, Kimbrough said she then saw a need for one-on-one garden consulting and coaching for folks with languishing landscapes. So, in 2006, Garden Scentsations was born and Kimbrough’s been busy ever since; she makes house calls, looks at problem areas, and helps other people become better gardeners through expert advice and hands-on design.
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