Oral history interview with Vernon Smith by Marsha Holland and Susan Cook

Oral history interview by Marsha Holland and Susan Cook with Vernon Smith. Topics include: Personal background information including place of birth, parents, siblings, growing up on a farm in Murray and education; Running a dairy farm; Serving in the Navy during World War II; Employment with Porter-Walton in landscape construction; His decision to study landscape architecture; Professors and friends; Marriage and family; Working with flagstone; ROTC Commission in the Air Force; The effects of World War II on landscape work; Ethical considerations for not joining ASLA; Going into the plant nursery business; Starting cuttings of plants; Getting acquainted with Monrovia Nursery; Working on projects for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church buildings; Becoming involved with ALCA; Propagation of plants for the nursery; Different grasses; Changes in the types of plants used for landscaping; Being inducted in to the ANLA Hall of Fame; Grand Teton National Park project; and Meeting President Kennedy.