Houston's Kim Hooper, vice president of Houston Garden Centers, serves as a local spokesperson for the "Get Real, Go Green" campaign. Hooper, 33, spoke with Chronicle correspondent Sandra Bretting ...

Hooper's Garden Center founders Bob and Cheri Hooper with ... particularly because his wife, Kim, who is from the Montana Hi-Line town of Shelby, is already a fan of the garden center.

Matt Hooper, founder of the Houston Garden Centers, opened his first nursery right after he graduated from high school, and gardening has been his lifelong passion. His daughter, Kim Hooper ...