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MLNA Communication CommitteeCommunication from board, committee members, advisors and professionals about the MLNA.
PRESS RELEASE Date of Release: 08/16/2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Angela Jackson Chair, LNAGSL Scholarship Committee Phone: (618) 281-9418 Email: angelaj@htc.net Bill Ruppert LNAGSL Media Relations Phone:(314) 966-0253 Email: billr@rupehort.com Web: www.stlouislandscape.org
Congratulations Nick Guntli of Hazelwood, MO.for recieving the John L. Masek Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship-read full press release for details. ST. LOUIS, MO, August 16, 2007… The Landscape and Nurserymen's Association of Greater St. Louis (LNAGSL) presented, at the August 16, 2007 Nursery Day event at the Missouri Botanical Garden, the award of the LNAGSL 2007 John L. Masek Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship to Nick Guntli of Hazelwood, MO. Mr. Guntli is an ornamental horticulture major in his second year at the University of Missouri - Columbia. He entered the University with 34 hours of advance placement courses taken in high school. He has maintained a 3.74 cumulative grade point average at Mizzou. In the summer of 2006, Mr. Guntli served as a student intern at the Missouri Botanical Garden. During the summer of 2007, he is interning at the Ball Horticultural Company, Ball Ornamentals division, located in Chicago.
Additionally, Mr. Guntli is involved in academic and community extra-curricular activities and is president of the MU Horticulture Club. In the words of Mr. Guntli's academic advisor, "Such activity is characteristic of individuals with strong leadership skills who are destined for career success."
The LNAGSL awards this $1000 scholarship annually to individuals seeking further education. Recipients should either work in the horticulture industry or be enrolled in a higher education program with horticulture as their focus. Students should have the intent of pursuing employment within the metropolitan St. Louis horticulture industry.
The primary objectives of the scholarship program are to support the development of a knowledgeable work force available to provide professional service to the horticulture community of the metropolitan St. Louis area, to support these individuals with financial aid and to recognize those who seek professional goals.
The Landscape and Nurserymen's Association of Greater St. Louis, a Horticulture Co-op of Metro St. Louis member organization, is a horticultural business trade organization founded in 1933. Members represent the professions of nursery and greenhouse production, retail garden center management, landscape design, landscape construction and management, arboriculture, horticultural product manufacturing, sales and distribution and other related horticulture businesses and organizations. The LNAGSL is dedicated to promoting quality horticulture in the St. Louis region by providing a forum for education, fellowship, sharing and problem solving.
The John L. Masek Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship honors the dedication and leadership of the organization's former treasurer, whose stewardship enabled the establishment of the endowment that assists with funding the annually awarded scholarship.
For more information, visit: www.stlouislandscape.org
MAKING OUR WORLD A GREENER PLACE (LITERALLY) Jennifer Schamber, General Manager of Greenscape Gardens in Manchester, Missouri, was awarded Green Profit Magazine's 2007 Young Retailer Award on July 14th, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio. The judging was based on criteria including: industry vision, customer service, community service and communications. The award ceremony took place at the OFA Short Course, U.S. floriculture's premier educational and trade show event. The award was based on a nomination by an industry peer, an essay and a series of telephone interviews. The topic of the essay was "How will your store stay and important to today's consumers and the local community?" Schamber's answer to this question includes positioning the company as a leader in sustainable and eco-friendly business practices. As society becomes more aware of the adverse environmental and ecological impact our current lifestyle has caused, consumers now have a better understanding of the importance of "being green". Greenscape Gardens has focused its mission on guiding its customers to make better decisions about managing their own eco-systems right in their own yards. Sustainable gardening practices include: renewing the Earth with the use of plants that are native to our region, maintaining good plant and turf health which will reduce the need for chemicals, using organic or natural fertilizers/products, and recycling. Recycling includes both yard waste (in the form of compost) and horticultural plastics. These practices will have a healing and renewing effect on the environment. Greenscape Gardens, located in St. Louis County, is positioning itself to be a leader in eco-friendly garden solutions for the community. "Consumers want to make eco-friendly decisions," said Schamber, "But it is the responsibility of retailers to make these choices easy and convenient." If you would like more information about this topic, or would like to schedule and interview with Jennifer Schamber, please contact her at 314/229-9911 or email her at info@greenscapegardens.net Welcome to the MLNA Committee Communication Corner. Here you will find
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