CState Horticulture students competed in national landscape event
Several students in Cincinnati State’s Landscape Horticulture program earned individual recognition in the 2021 National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC), which took place online from Mar. 15 to 19.
Horticulture Program Chair Mark Deacon said 23 CState students took part in the virtual version of the NCLC, along with students from more than 30 other colleges and universities.
- Team scores were not calculated during the 2021 virtual event, but individual student scores were ranked for each event.
- Students also participated in a virtual career fair and online workshops on a variety of green industry topics.
The 2020 NCLC was cancelled when the country went into pandemic lockdown a few days before the annual event would have taken place.
Cincinnati State student achievements in the 2021 events included:
- Ed Atkinson – 2nd in Woody Ornamental Plant Identification and 5th in Robotics & Technology
- Hannah Fitz – 2nd in Interior Plant Identification and 9th in Flower & Foliage Identification
- Paul Gessner – 7th in Exterior Landscape Design (photo above)
- Dorothy Jolly – 2nd in Landscape Lighting and 4th in Construction Cost Estimating
- Joani Means – in a three-way tie for 1st place for Business Management, and placed 3rd when time was used as the tie-breaker
- Jack Marschall – 5th in Computer Aided Landscape Design (photo below)
- Maria Pfirrman – 10th in Woody Plant Identification
- Emily Semanovich – 8th in Flower & Foliage Identification
Other students participating were:
- Nichole Banks
- Troy Bowman
- Lily Dean
- Jenn Duncan
- Ben Gressle
- Morgan Halfhill
- Kim Long
- Anna Loschiavo
- John McGuire
- Joe O’Rourke
- Nate Powell
- Angie Rangel
- Jack Schaefer
- Holly Short
- Madigan Smith
The next NCLC is scheduled for March of 2022 at North Carolina State University and is expected to include a full range of competitions, social events, and professional networking opportunities for students.
(Photos provided by Mark Deacon)