Last weekend , pupil from seven eminent schooltime , four community colleges , and one university get together a group of gardening industry professional person for a new event . The initiatory North Carolina High School Landscape Competition ( NCHSLC ) was modeled on the one-year National Collegiate Landscape Competition ( NCLC ) hold each March . In addition to being a student landscape gardening contender , this North Carolina - base event included a series of workshops , industriousness discussions , and bookman networking events .
The event kicked off on a Friday night with a BBQ dinner , followed by a jury word feature industry pro . Representatives from seven different company — from landscape painting contractors to horticultural equipment manufacturing business — wowed the consultation . Each panellist told the pupil how this manufacture welcomed them and why it ’s a tremendous berth to start a calling . They also explain how they got start out in their business and about the wide of the mark range of jobs uncommitted in gardening .
Hoffman Nursery , together with Plantworks Nursery and N.C. State ’s Dept . of Horticultural Science , coordinated the Plant Identification competitor . It ’s one of the many events that call for position throughout the day . There were three round of educatee — the first were college student preparing and practicing for the NCLC declare at Michigan State later this month . The second and third groups were high schooltime students from local horticulture program . For them , the emphasis throughout the day was on education . Their identification event grow into a workshop , lead by Kata Wallace from Hoffman Nursery and Dana Massey from Plantworks Nursery . Dana and Kata shared bakshish to help bookman understand the plant and what boast to habituate in identifying them .
The NCHSLC was a rewarding experience for everyone , and we had a great prison term coming together and chatting with the scholar . All of the panels , workshop , and competitions helped prepare the college students for Michigan . The high shoal students were engaged by the activities and were eager to learn more about the gardening industry . Meeting a compass of industry professionals and spending time with students from the college horticultural programs was a big cost increase .
The NCHSLC connects us with the next generation of gardening professional person and gives us a newfangled way to support them . We are proud to have taken part in this inaugural event . A cock-a-hoop thank - you to everyone who participated !
We hope you ’ll take a instant to check off out more photos from the event below .
For more information : Hoffman Nursery5520 Bahama RoadRougemont , NC 27572Phone ( 919 ) 479 - 6620Toll - liberal 1 ( 800 ) 203 - 8590Fax ( 919 ) 471–3100[email protected]hoffmannursery.com
