The Mid - Atlantic Nursery Trade Show ( MANTS ) , has recognized Nicholas Dzurenda as the 2019 Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship recipient . Nicholas is currently go after a degree in Environmental Horticulture , with a shaver in Civic Agriculture , at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ( Virginia Tech ) .
Nicholas with Vanessa Akehurst Finney ( Current Executive Vice President ) and Nancy Akehurst ( Former Executive Vice President ) , daughter and wife of Carville Akehurst , the show ’s creator
MANTS , a corporation form from the state nursery and landscape painting association of Maryland , Virginia , and West Virginia , establish this scholarship with the Horticultural Research Institute ( HRI ) with the feeling that the force and future success of the gardening industry lie in the satisfying education of today ’s students .
“ I am honored to have been awarded the Carville M. Akehurst memorial learnedness , this sort of support will leave me to explore every opportunity our industry offer – enquiry , conservation , improving community intellectual nourishment reign and more , ” said scholarship winner Nicholas Dzurenda . “ I am in particular concerned in nutrient hub and the ability to associate horticulturists to the community ; ultimately , I am concerned in working towards a more equitable and sustainable world . ”
The Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship was establish in 2002 by MANTS . This scholarship serves to immortalise Mr. Akehurst , who serve the horticultural industry as one of the founders of MANTS . In addition to his 30 + year as Executive Vice - President of MANTS , Mr. Akehurst served as Executive Secretary of the Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association , the Maryland Nurserymen ’s Association Horticulture Research Foundation , Maryland Christmas Tree Growers , American Conifer Society , and Maryland Greenhouse Growers ' Association .
MANTS ' constitution of this eruditeness is a thoughtfulness of Mr. Akehurst ’s firm belief that education begets one the chance to reach . Through this erudition , MANTS provides opportunities to qualified students to help oneself ensure the continuity of the greenhouse and landscape profession .
MANTS lionise the show ’s 50th anniversary in 2020 , receive over 12,000 entire registrants , the highest attendance numbers in over a decade . MANTS 2021 will be held from January 6 – 8 at the Baltimore Convention Center . The green industry market will once again impart together close to 1,000 vendors from across the nation and around the world , making it one of the prominent trade shows in the country suffice the gardening industry .
For more informationMid - Atlantic Nursery Trade Show ( MANTS)T : +1 ( 410 ) 296 - 6959[email protected]www.mants.com
