Pat Kriener studies history and plants to bring historical gardens to life

Pat Kriener studies history and plants to bring historical gardens to life

For millennia, humans have relied on plants, through vegetables, fruit and herbs, spanning the use of medicine to make up  garnishes on dishes.  Texas resident Pat Kriener has been studying these uses for years, getting into gardening when she was a small child.  Kriener is coming up to the Bookcliffs Arts Center in Rifle to bring her expertise to the people of the Roaring Fork Valley, beginning on Feb. 14. “My dad was a vegetable gardener when …