About Walt
Walt Beineke is a retired Professor from Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. He taught tree identification, forest genetics and forestry in society for thirty-five years.
Walt has a patented black walnut tree that has become the most widely planted patented timber tree in the world. He holds patents on twenty-three black walnut trees, one black cherry tree and one white oak tree. His trees have been planted in nearly every state and at least nine foreign countries.
The Land Nursery
Walt has always enjoyed growing plants and has operated his small nursery for 25 years. The Land Nursery, near West Lafayette, grows about thirty species of native trees and shrubs and thirty-five species of wildflowers – all for sale.
Walt promotes the idea that plants native to an area are genetically best adapted to grow in their natural environment. Many of these species are difficult to propagate; and therefore, are not found in the usual nursery outlets.