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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH LIVING Sunday, June 24, 2001 Author Inspires Love. Of Gardening With a stroke of the @ Continued from F-1 pen, the man with a to Utah a few years later to de- legendary golf stroke ear the children’s garden at te Red Butte Garden and Arbore- moves into the world of sports memorabilia ‘ oeay heysae ever since. " “T have always had a love etting a sports star's autographis a for any fan, but when Tiger affair with nature. I don’t ever not being in a gar- Woods recently signed a memorabilia and trading card contract, he broughta thrill to golf memorabilia collectors worldwide. five-year agreementbetween Upper Deck den,” Lovejoy said in a teleinterview from her Caljfornia home. In fact, she was born in a corner of her grandmother’s garden in a and Woods will result in everything a sports hobbyist could hope for in the way of cottage her parents built. collectibles: trading cards, autographed trad- first memories ing cards, memorabilia cards and auto- home are of that garden. Itwas graphed memorabilia. “Woods apparently has seen enough stories aboutfake autographs and has Like the Garden of Eden,”she said. Her dmother’s love of on a poalsmoot of real fi can only help alleviate the problem,” said Rocky hingtrenuerad Landsverk, editorial director for Sports Oe of Collectors Digest magazine, fox books (y chiniren aif aoe aensureay fans are pectigee ity, authentic products,” Woods.said ee the world. in a rh , “The major reason I signed with Upper Deckis the company’s firm stance against single deal covering all players. In additionto currentstars of the tour, the forgeries... and its ongoing support of the set includes such veterans as Jack Nicklaus FBI's efforts to combat forgeries. No other manufacturerroutinely audits the market place for phony and unlicensed products.” Until now, Woods has been conspicuous by his absence from the collector market. The few Woodscards available have drawn headlineprices at auction. A 1996 Sports Illustratedfor Kids card sold for $125,000 earlier this year. ‘The Woods deal has overshadowed Upper Deck’s headfirstdive into a PGA Tour- licensed trading card set that includes 87 golfers. Titled Upper Deck Golf Premiere Edition, the:200-cardsetis the first licensed set since 1992, Card makers haveshied away from the challenge of producing a golf set in large We 2 ‘Wehave to bank on these young. children to keep things going,” shesaid. And she has stacks of mail in “I loved to hang out at the their season and you have to nursery,” he said. “I was a bit weed and water or you'll lose of a loner, I guess.” it, she said. and Arnold Woods’stellar performances have expanded the fan base and the potential sentfrom children andadults As an adult, Stevens can see The family’s Rainbow Herb everywhere to prove it's hap- the value of the time he spent Garden business is a favorite pening. Many of the photos in the garden. spot for Davis County garden- Bruton, Upper Deck vice president of ting, said the set would have been flower playhouses, grown by special quality to it that en- trip for area kindergartners children and grown-ups alike. riches your life,” he said. “It “I try really hard to make and letters are about sun- “Gardening has a certain ers. The yard is a favorite field produced with or without Woods. ‘Obviously it’s more of a struggleif you don’t have Tiger, but we were going without Somefans, like McOmber and Stevens, are from Utah, where the tradition gardening seems gives you more Sensitivity, more nurturing skills.’ Besides that, he has never my yard fun for kids,” Charley McOmber said. This year there is a new Enthusiastic collectors have already been to generationas it should, she lishmenthe felt when hisfirst covered with bean varieties Masters tournaments in the $2,000 to $4,000 hollyhock dolls and dandelion collector base for professional golf, but Dan him,”said Bruton. to be passing from generation forgotten the sense of accom- paying $80 to $100 for the set’s promotional cards picturing Woods. _ Upper Deck is also offering autographed photographs of Woods in competition and signed pin flags from the U.S. Open and said. garden started to grow. But still, Lovejoy fears too “I was just able to step back many children spend their and say that .I planted this days in front of computer whole garden by myself,” he screens instead of making part because of thedifficulties in signing so Tange. Unsigned photographs are priced many players individually Unlike some — from $90 to $225. othersports,there is no players’ association ‘The Woods contract is reportedly worth $4 that would allow card companies to make a millionto $ million. , 2001 Krause Publications saat Distributed pate < 5 Copyright by Universal Press Syndicate (800)255-6734 : ‘THE that attract the insect-like birds and a sunflower playhouse. For Lovejoy, the lessons of the garden were so important she decided to write them chains. Her 1999 book, Shoots, Buckets & Boots, offers simplethemegardens forchildren, Snacking arden ants, and Sipping- said, he will plant a front “lawn” of: Sunflowers, not grass. The backyard would include a bamboo “room” with walls constructed 20-foottall stalks, just like theofones hehas Besides the journal she has kept since the 1970s, she placed an ad in a gardening magazine asking senior citi zens to send memories to her.their She — Garden, Moon Garden, Flowery Maze and the Pizza Patch, growing in his family’s backyard. “My neighbors probably ae ee much, but think it wor awesome,” hesaid. afloodof mail aboutdandelion faced and hollyhock dolls and tea. a found out these flower traditions are global and probably go back 1,000 years,” ASSOCIATED MORTGAGE HERITAGE|BeEacereeeee ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN or he ever owns'a home, he hummingbird tunnel growing, McOmber gardens with her LTAae CU LD HOME & GARDEN RES ing Class ‘Act Now While Rates Are Low! 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