Andres "Andy" West
Andres “Andy” West
Extension Educator — Horticulture
County West Building, Suite 1600
208-734-9590
University of Idaho, Twin Falls County
630 Addison Ave W, Suite 1600
Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
I use my experience and education in horticulture to teach the public about landscape sustainability through conservation, fruit and vegetable production, native plants and Waterwise landscaping.
M.S., Kaplan University, 2012
B.S., Bingham Young University—Idaho, 2006
A.S., Ricks College, 1999
Course
- PLSC 212: Basic Master Gardener Education
- Landscape sustainability
- Conservation
- Home gardening
- Fruit and vegetable production
- Native plants
- Waterwise landscaping
Impact statements
- Twin Falls community gardens increase access to healthy foods and provide education
- Homeschool groups, the untapped educational opportunity
- Growing the master gardener program using hybrid online/in-person learning (pdf)
- Zoom as a delivery method for multi-county master gardener programming (pdf)
Andres (Andy) West has been involved in horticulture for most of his life beginning with starting a lawncare business with his brothers at the age of 12. He has undergraduate degrees in horticulture and a masters in higher education with an emphasis in teaching and learning. He has a passion for teaching others, particularly horticulture practices. He has worked in residential and commercial landscape maintenance, greenhouse production, native plants, landscape design/build and Extension education. Horticulture is a big part of his life. His wife also graduated in horticulture and most of their propagules (children) are named after plants. Their hobby greenhouse in the backyard is 21’ x 60’. One of his main focuses is landscape sustainability.