Mike Lybarger studied drafting in high school & engineering,
landscape design & art in college. Mike worked summers for
the State of Washington Highway Dept. Doing drafting,
surveying & inspecting contractor's work.
Mike has spent the past 40 plus years growing & designing in southern Oregon. Mike gardened in Medford & Ashland: owned an organic farm in Bandon in the mid-seventies; subsequently owned green leaves plant & book store in Bandon; owned Green Leaves Landscaping & Nursery in Bandon & Coos Bay in the seventies & eighties; moved to Roseburg in 1987 & owned Lawns R Us; then Rent-A-Plant Services; & for the past 10 years Mike Lybarger Landscape Consulting & Design.
In the 1990's Mike also was the head gardener for the Roseburg Country Club & the Myrtle Creek Golf Course. Mike wrote a weekly gardening column in the seventies; wrote magazine articles for Mother Earth News & Oregon Coast Magazine; & a monthly gardening column for the Roseburg Country Club Magazine.
Mike has been apart time instructor at Umpqua Community College since 1993, teaching classes in Pruning, Bonzai & Landscape design. Mike currently teaches home landscape design courses in the spring & fall terms.
Contact Umpqua Community College for further details @ 541-440-4601
Mike has spent the past 40 plus years growing & designing in southern Oregon. Mike gardened in Medford & Ashland: owned an organic farm in Bandon in the mid-seventies; subsequently owned green leaves plant & book store in Bandon; owned Green Leaves Landscaping & Nursery in Bandon & Coos Bay in the seventies & eighties; moved to Roseburg in 1987 & owned Lawns R Us; then Rent-A-Plant Services; & for the past 10 years Mike Lybarger Landscape Consulting & Design.
In the 1990's Mike also was the head gardener for the Roseburg Country Club & the Myrtle Creek Golf Course. Mike wrote a weekly gardening column in the seventies; wrote magazine articles for Mother Earth News & Oregon Coast Magazine; & a monthly gardening column for the Roseburg Country Club Magazine.
Mike has been apart time instructor at Umpqua Community College since 1993, teaching classes in Pruning, Bonzai & Landscape design. Mike currently teaches home landscape design courses in the spring & fall terms.
Contact Umpqua Community College for further details @ 541-440-4601
- Part-time instructor for Landscape Design at Umpqua Community College since 1993
- Growing plants & designing landscapes in southern Oregon for over 40 years
- Mike created & drew the original landscape design for the Master Gardener's Discovery Garden
- Mike Lybarger is insured & bonded & a licensed landscape contractor with the State of Oregon Lic. # 8020 & #14734
- Commercial Pesticide Applicator Lic. # ag-loi344409cpa & # ag-lloi1937cpo
- Nursery Lic. # ag-loi48971nd