Leader Details

Mike Bush Following graduation from the University of South Florida in Tampa with a Botany degree, Mike Bush worked in two botanical gardens in Florida before opening public gardens in Oklahoma City, OK and Charlotte, NC. After directing Lotusland in Santa Barbara, he was assistant director for the opening of Singapore's horticultural extravaganza, Gardens by the Bay, returning to the U.S. to direct the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden in 2011. Mike has a broad background directing gardens in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions, and his experience in conservatories and with tropical plants allows him to successfully manage the orchids and succulents at the Horticulture Unit at Cal Poly, where he has taught 20 different labs and classes for the Horticulture and Crop Science Department since 2013.

Mike Bush and his wife Jeanne Miller have participated in every Audubon Christmas Bird Count since coming to SLO County in 2011.