May God bless you and your...
My first memory of Arden was seeing his name as the winner of the Champion Gardener award for most winning entries at Clackamas County Fair. This was in 1974 and I, then a 17 year old, was first runnerup. A few decades later, I saw his name again on entries I was judging at the Washington County Fair, and his were mostly blue ribbon winners. A while after that, I met him in person as we were chosen as 4-H judges at the Washington County Fair. Later, we were FFA crops judges at the Oregon...
Larry Smith
November 03, 2025


