Missouri gardening blogger and writer Patrick Muir has died at the age of 50.
He died on April 5 after 14 years of courageously fighting the health challenges of a quadriplegic, according to his obituary.
Born in Australia, he moved to Kansas City when he was 13. A graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in agricultural economics & marketing, he spent 15 years in the advertising business with both agricultural and horticultural clients. His horticulture clients included PanAmerican Seed and Ball Seed. His agricultural clients included Monsanto, Bayer, Dow and John Deere.
While working as a GE Global Marketing Communications Leader in 2001, a rare type of tumor on his spinal cord ruptured, rendering him a quadriplegic. He could no longer have a professional career and retired at only 37.
No longer able to pick up a shovel, he picked up a pen and became a regular contributor to the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Gardener magazine. He began writing “Patrick’s Picks,” a monthly column in which he shared his boundless knowledge of the garden.
In 2011 he began his blog, Patrick’s Garden, on which he shared his personal story and gardening expertise.
