Bernardine and Conrad Bering have cultivated a lot of gardeners since they opened Barton Springs Nursery in 1986 with the motto "Grow Plants for Travis County in Travis County." They’ve shown us how to create beautiful gardens that don’t need lots of water or pampering. When native plants were hard to source, they propagated them. With fun, passion, dedication, and long, hard hours, they’ve changed our philosophical landscape.