B&B - 2021 Issue II - Growing the Industry

2021 | Vol. 73, Issue 2

Growing the Industry

Scholarships. Careers. Research.

Bugs & Blights

Legislative Wrap-up

GardenWashington Promotes Careers in Horticulture

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Contents Features

(Above) WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund awards scholarships to students in horticulture. Learn more about this year’s WSNLA scholarship recipients on page 10.

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Fund Awards Over $31,000 in 2021

Investing in the Future of Horticulture!

Find out more about this year’s scholarship recipients & funded education grants .

14 Where Are

They Now?

Catch up with past scholarship recipients about what they are up to now.

16 WSDA Nursery

License Research Fund Highlights New Projects

8 Horticultural

Research Institute Announces 2021 Grant Awards

Columns 4

From the President

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Executive Director

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Legislative Update

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Bugs & Blights

Departments 27

Calendar of Events

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WSNLA Marketplace

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association

2021 | VOL 73. NO. II Editor Breanne Chavez Published Quarterly By: Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association.

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any ad which is misleading, unethical, contrary to WSNLA policy, or does not pertain to the industry.

Comments to the Editor: Interested in sharing your opinions and comments with B&B readers? If you take the time to share your thoughtful comments, WSNLA will be sure to share them with B&B readers. Please submit to breanne@wsnla.org.

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As we tread through the glory of Spring Think not of burgeoning blooms Not of bountiful beauty But of those sales that failed to land.

Those days of cold, when questioning faces of crews looked on you for a task that day.

In these days, when it is light at 5:15 and dark at 9 Where can we hide from the new leads Text, phone, email, social media, walk-ins, neighbors, friends and even family There is no mercy, but what you create for yourself That moment waiting for a door to open Looking up at a dogwood in full bloom

Gregory Smaus, CPH, EPC WSNLA President Rock Solid Landscapes, Seattle

We are busy. Every sector of our industry is busier than any other time.

Hopefully this quantifies in better profits, investments, resources.

Unfortunately, some of this surplus is capped by the labor shortage. It is incredibly hard to find new employees. Have you tried the WSNLA career center? It is a great way to reach a horticulturally minded audience that can span all the different aspects of our industry. Hiring up through your company can help fill in some of the higher level positions, or switching people from one focus to another as a way to keep them engaged. While these are not solutions unto themselves, they may help with retention.

While we don’t find a lot of younger people applying for positions, I am always inspired by the scholarship recipients. But where do they go? In this issue Breanne and Holly reached out to a few and will let us know what they are up to now.

It is Spring! Our region just tries to juice it all out of us in a few months each year.

We are trying to keep up with 15 hours of daylight and all of the stored energy these plants have been holding onto for half a year. Add to that all of the clients who have finally looked out the windows and been inspired.

I hope you all find a moment of peace within this season. It is beautiful. It is overwhelming. As a former coworker was fond of telling me on rainy winter mornings, with all of the gusto of a robust 5’ Hispanic man, “THIS IS LIFE!” With a huge laugh and slap on my back.

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2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Gregory Smaus, CPH, EPC WSNLA President Rock Solid Landscapes 206-227-4458 | gregory@rocksolidlandscapes.com Tim Gray WSNLA President Elect Pacific Stone Company 425-258-1911 | timg@pacificstoneco.com Sally Labay, CPH WSNLA Vice President Woods Creek Nursery 360-794-6823 | sally@woodscreeknursery.com Kirsten Lints, CPH WSNLA Treasurer Gardens ALIVE Design 425-318-2971 | kirsten@gardensALIVEdesign.com C. Andrew Barker, CPH WSNLA Past President Cloud Garden Landscape Design (206) 919-1361 | candrewbarker@gmail.com

CHAPTER & CAUCUS LEADERSHIP Ingrid Wachtler, CPH Mt Rainier Chapter President Woodbrook Native Plant Nursery 253-265-6271 | woodbrk@harbornet.com Peter Van Well North Central Chapter President Van Well Nursery 509-886-8189 | pete2@vanwell.net Megan Pulkkinen, CPH, EPC Olympic Chapter President Megan Pulkkinen Landscape Design 360-265-5799 | megancph@hotmail.com Scott Pringle, CPH Wholesale Grower Caucus Chair Paradise Lake Nursery 206-930-4132 | paradiselakenursery@gmail.com Katie Miller Greenhouse Grower Caucus Chair Skagit Gardens 360-395-4309 | kmiller@skagitgardens.com Brandon Cook, CPH, ISA Certified Landscape Caucus Chair The Plant Nerds 425-595-3451 | brandonc@cookbrotherslandscaping.net Jami Burke Horticulture Supplier Caucus Chair Walrath Soil Technologies 253-531-7499 | jami@tewalrath.com

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If you would like to help promote careers in horticulture, please reach out.

The collective ideas & efforts from all will make a greater impact.

Breanne Chavez WSNLA Executive Director In May, Governor Inslee benchmarked June 30 for Washington State to be fully open. As we move towards that target, we are seeing businesses relax covid-19 safety precautions in line with the new CDC guidelines, and as it makes sense for their employees and the customers they serve. It certainly feels nice to be moving towards a return to ‘normalcy’. To that extent, this issue is perfectly timed. With all the pivoting and transitioning over the past year, WSNLA’s commitment to investing in the future of horticulture has remained constant.

The WSNLA Community, through the WSNLA Scholarship Research & Charitable Fund, has awarded over $593,000 since 1978. In this issue, this year’s scholarship recipients share their professional ambitions as they work towards their career in horticulture. As you read through, their professional goals shine a light on the bright future of the horticulture industry.

The WSNLA Scholarship Fund has been built on individual donations made over the years.

Named scholarships, through planned giving, have also been created by individuals or businesses to create a lasting legacy that honors each namesake and works to pay it forward as students pursue their education and develop their skills. I hope you will consider giving to the WSNLA Scholarship Fund. Your tax deductible gift, of any size, makes a difference and goes directly to supporting students and the future of horticulture.

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Also included in this issue, you will find information about recently funded industry research that aims to development new technolgies and best practices, improve efficiencies and help grow the industry. Also funded are career development opportunities that include internships, professional development and certification. To ensure meaningful research continues to be funded, it is imperative industry, through your collective voices, advocates for the solutions and data that will serve your business. WSNLA will be hosting Virtual Roundtables for industry segments later this year that will gather input to help guide local research. Watch for more information to arrive in your email inbox.

The need to raise awareness of horticulture careers is undeniable. It has been an ongoing conversation. Websites like SeedYourFuture.org and LandscapeIndustryCareers.org (NALP) have been in place serving as national resources for individuals interested in horticulture careers.

To serve and provide hyper local information, WSNLA launched Careers in Horticulture pages on GardenWashington.com. The pages include: 1) Career profiles of professionals sharing about the work they do; 2) A hub for students to connect with horticulture scholarship opportunities; 3) Linkage to Washington horticulture programs at colleges and universities; 4) Information about the various professional certifications available to nursery and landscape professionals working or entering the field; 5) And, connects job seekers with job opportunities posted in the WSNLA Career Center.

GardenWashington.com Resources to Grow a Career in Horticulture

Career Profiles. Scholarships. Professional Certification. Jobs

GardenWashington.com/Careers is a first step to begin outreach and raise awareness about horticulture careers here locally, but more action is needed. Career profiles will continue to be added to reflect the wide variety of career specialties, including the lesser known. However, this online resource is only valuable if it truly helps connect individuals considering a career in horticulture with the tools and information needed to prepare them. Initial conversations with high schools that have active horticulture programs have been well received.

These conversations will develop and continue as we look for ways to attract and support future horticulturists to the industry.

From planting the seed of interest to opportunities and support to upskill or reskill, WSNLA is committed to investing in the future of horticulture over the long-term. If you would like to help promote careers in horticulture, please reach out. The collective ideas & efforts from all will make a greater impact.

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Legislative Update

Protecting Your Business & Industry

WSNLA’s business membership includes a diverse community of large and small growers, garden centers, landscape professionals and suppliers. It is the intent of the Board of Directors to ensure legislative activities focus in on overarching WSNLA member needs, while effectively balancing the diversity in business scale and location.

To that extent, the WSNLA Board of Directors, with member input, developed the following priorities to guide and strengthen WSNLA legislative and regulatory activities throughout the State.

WASHINGTON STATE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

Washington Nursery and Landscape Association supports stewardship of the land and the plants and trees that grow upon it.

Our priorities include: • Promoting a positive business climate for growing and marketing plants and landscape services.

• Protecting our industry from burdensome regulation, taxes and fees.

• Working in a bipartisan manner and focusing on results.

• Ensuring policies are reasonable and based on sound science.

WSNLA will coordinate with other affiliated professional organizations to support our members on agricultural and environmental issues such as: • • • •

Water availability, management & quality Urban planning and the inclusion of green spaces Pesticide regulation Open space taxation

On general business issues, WSNLA will focus on impact to members. Such issues include but are not limited to: • Labor: availability, training, minimum wage, workers comp, health care, benefits • Simplifying business regulation including streamlining local jurisdiction business licensing • Taxes WSNLA Priorities drafted June – September 2017.

Member comment period January – June 2018. Board approved June 2018. Questions? Contact WSNLA at 253.661.6055, info@wsnla.org.

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Heather Hansen WSNLA Lobbyist

The 2021 legislative session adjourned on schedule April 25, 2021. A grand total of 335 bills passed. 80% of those were sponsored by Democratic legislators, 20% were sponsored by Republicans.

Landmark legislation creating a low carbon fuel standard and a cap-and-trade program passed. Both bills remain in limbo until the legislature passes a transportation budget that includes a 5-cent gas tax. It is unclear when or if that will happen. If a deal is made to raise the gas tax, the cap-andtrade and low-carbon fuels bill would take effect in 2023. Washington is well on its way to having some of the most expensive fuel in the country.

The legislature also passed a 7% capital gains tax. Contrary to what you read in the news; the capital gains tax does not exempt all real estate sales. In some scenarios, land owned by an LLC, partnership or corporation will be subject to the tax when sold. A lot of family farmland is held by such entities. In spite of the fact that legislators said they did not want to tax farmland, and repeated pleas from the agricultural community, the language was not changed. A separate exemption for family-owned businesses will help. The new tax will go into effect Jan. 1, 2022. The state will start collecting the tax in 2023. It is expected to bring in about $415 million per year.

More flexibility was granted for broadband providers in rural areas, which should help make broadband service more available in more areas.

There are things that should have happened this session but didn’t.

Before session began, legislators from both parties were frustrated with the Governor’s handling of the pandemic and the continuing shutdowns. Several bills were introduced to limit the Governor’s sole authority for deciding when and where an emergency exists and how long it lasts. None were allowed a hearing. In a recent study, Washington was rated one of the worst states in the nation for allowing the Governor unchecked control over emergencies.

Other bills of interest: ESSB 5172 - Ag overtime, stopped the threat of lawsuits for back wages of time and half, but no provision for seasonal needs was added. Beginning in 2022, Washington farmworkers must be paid overtime after 55 hours. The threshold drops to 48 hours in 2023 and to 40 hours in 2024.

SB 5253 - Pollinator health task force, creates a permanent pollinator health task force within the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Requires pollinator habitat as part of public works projects.

SSB 5317 - Pesticide fees, will increase the cost of pesticide licenses but allows WSDA to upgrade to electronic payments and provides funding to WSU for pesticide applicator training.

Budget provisos direct agencies to do certain things. Some you will think are beneficial, others less so.

Washington State Department of Agriculture - Japanese beetle - $406,000 for implementing a Japanese beetle monitoring and eradication program in central Washington.

- Asian giant hornet - $388,000 for implementing a Vespa mandarinia (Asian giant hornet) eradication program.

- Equity in farming - $180,000 for the department to coordinate with the office of equity, the conservation commission, underrepresented farmers and ranchers, organizations that represent historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers, farmworkers, and labor advocates to: (i) Ensure inclusion of historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers in the agricultural industry; (ii) Evaluate related boards, commissions, and advisory panels to ensure inclusion of historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers; (iii) Include historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers in the development, implementation, and enforcement of food and agriculture laws, rules, regulations, policies, and programs; and (iv) Consider ways to increase engagement in agricultural education and workforce development opportunities by

communities who have been historically underrepresented in agriculture. (b) The department must report to the governor and legislature, by October 31, 2022, on its activities and efforts to include historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers. The report must describe the department’s efforts to serve historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers, identify existing gaps and financial barriers to land ownership and obtaining equipment, and must include recommendations to improve outreach to and services for historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers.

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Department of Labor & Industries New compliance unit focused on farmworkers - $3,632,000 of the accident account and $876,000 of the medical aid account for the creation of an agriculture compliance unit within the division of occupational safety and health. The compliance unit will perform compliance inspections and provide bilingual outreach to agricultural workers and employers.

Farmworkers – sexual harassment training - $150,000 grant to Centro Latino to develop and implement a program aimed at reducing workplace sexual harassment in the agricultural sector, including building a statewide network of peer trainers as farmworker leaders whose primary purpose is to prevent workplace sexual harassment and assault through leadership, education, and other tools.

Employment Security Department - Farmworkers - $3,264,000 for the office of agricultural and seasonal workforce services.

Washington State University Johnson Hall - $8 million to demolish the existing building and begin a new plant biosciences building.

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Charitable Fund

The Future of Hortculture 2021 Scholarship Grant Recipients Announced

Over $31,000 awarded in 2021, working to fund 14 Scholarships & 5 Grants. Since 1978, The WSNLA Charitable Fund has given over $593,000 in support of horticulture students, and advancing industry professionalism & research!

LUKE BENTON Marland Edwards Scholarship & Windsor Bond Scholarship Award: $2000 School: Washington State University Field of Study: Landscape, Nursery & Greenhouse Management Anticipated Graduation: May 2022 Career Ambitions: I have always been interested in horticulture and how important plants are to sustain and enhance human life. My experiences working with Dr. Kimberly Campbell’s cereal and gran research team as a field assistant during the summer, and then as an intern during the school year, solidified my career interest in agroecology research. This work experience gave me a glimpse of the impacts of climate change and pest resistance and what breeders and scientists are doing to combat the issues facing one of the staple crops of the world (Wheat). I aspire to help find ecological solutions to our global food security crisis.

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EMILY BURKE Fred Palmer Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Horticulture, Landscape Design, Associate Degree Anticipated Graduation: May 2022 Future Ambitions: So far, my horticulture education has taught me to use plants for beauty and purpose in the landscape. I want my designs to influence and awaken people to the simple and complex wonders of the PNW native flora, because the earth, animals and people need them.

LUCILLE EWONIUK The Walters Family Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland Field of Study: Environmental Horticulture Anticipated Graduation: March 2022 Career Ambitions: There are many aspects of horticulture that are fascinating. I’ve only completed one of four quarters so far, so it’s a little early to decide which direction I want to go within this industry. I know for

sure that I want to grow all kinds of plants, and watch them from start to finish. The idea of farming and agriculture sounds interesting, and being able to effectively produce your own food is a skill that is priceless. Then there is a the science nerd in me that is curious about tissue culture, and all the aspects of propagation.

MICHELLE GASPAIRE Junkoh Harui Scholarship Award: $1000 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Ornamental Horticulture, Sustainable Landscape Management Anticipated Graduation: Fall 2021 Career Ambitions: I am very interested in possibly working with a resort and being in charge of all the seasonal changes on the grounds, managing everything that needs to be done and working with the chef on growing what the restaurant might need from the greenhouse. I also would like to continue my outreach goals by working with domestic violence shelters, to grow their own food and to help get their kids excited about playing in the dirt.

EMILY HALL Ray Holmberg Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Ornamental Horticulture/Nursery & Greenhouse Anticipated Graduation: Spring 2023 Career Ambitions: My long-term education goal is to get a master’s degree in botany and be able to partake in various plant research projects. I firmly believe that having a solid foundation of plant knowledge and care will be vital for career and education goals.

JEREMY C JONES Leno Bassett Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland Field of Study: Environmental Horticulture Anticipated Graduation: August 2021 Career Ambitions: The LWTech Environmental Horticulture program has provided an education foundation for my initial goals of earning an internship and obtaining an entry level position in the field; including: Landscape Revitalization in Urban Communities, Permaculture Design, Public Gardens Worker, Habitat Restoration Specialist, Nursery Operations Technician, and Educational Outreach Professional with a focus on promoting the environmental and plant sciences.

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MEGAN REID WaFLORA Scholarship Award: $2000 School: Washington State University Field of Study: Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Anticipated graduation date: May 2023 Career Ambitions: My career goals are to become an agricultural educator of organic and sustainable agriculture, so that I can share my passion of agriculture to all generations. In the 1920s 27% of the workforce was made of up people in the agricultural industry, but as of today, that number is less than 2%. If this number continues to drop and our population continues to rise, we will not be able to sustain ourselves.

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GAVIN HANK SAHLI Van Well Scholarship & Herbert & Marion Frost Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Walla Walla Community College Field of Study: Agricultural Soil Science Anticipated graduation date: June 2022 Career Ambitions: My future goals consists of graduating from college with a greater understanding of agriculture, business and sciences. I plan to expand my knowledge of nursery trees and orchard farming. I hope to become a progressive horticulturist that looks into the future, leads others and promotes our industry.

BRIAN MATSON George Gillett Scholarship, Award: $1500 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Landscape Design Anticipated graduation date: December 2021 Career Ambitions: My heart truly lies in permaculture design and native plants. When I start my own company, I intend to focus solely on creating ecologically friendly, native heavy, permaculture inspired gardens. I feel often what permaculture lacks is aesthetic beauty and I intend to bring my knowledge of high end gardening and blend it with permaculture ethics.

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Committee,

If you were to tell 12th grade me that I would be receiving a future scholarship of any kind for my

higher education, there would have been laughter followed by utter

confusion. Those days I just wanted to get by, get my parents off my

is that I was hurting inside, deeply.

That’s why I need to thank your

committee for instilling your trust with me by giving me this award.

This past year I have dug deep

(transplanting a tree deep) to find out who I really am, what I stand for, and what truly makes me

happy. If there’s anything I want

to leave you with it would be this.

Trust your gut, be who you really

are, and express how you feel. We

all struggle with life’s caveats. The keyword is all. You’re not alone

and sometimes all you need is a shoulder to lean on.

Forever thankful,

Luke Allen Benton

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LAURA SWEARINGEN Bert Snyder Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Ornamental Horticulture, Nursery/Greenhouse Specialist Anticipated Graduation: 2022 Career Ambitions: I have been working diligently to pursue education, and I want to be the best I can be in my career. My volunteer work supports the fact that I care for my community and want to give back. My hope is that I will be able to use my education and this scholarship for the benefit of others.

KELLY ELIZABETH TIVNAN Jeanne McNeil Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Bastyr University Field of Study: Holistic Landscape Design Anticipated Graduation: 2021 Career Ambitions: Recently, I re-located back to my roots in search for a more thorough connection with my family, this Cascadian landcape (which I had missed dearly), and attempt to further my understanding of how I can successfully weave sustainability and wellness into my career. Bastyr’s Holistic Landscape Design program initiated my return to University and I’ve happily immersed myself with a new perspective and language for my future. I see my interior design knowledge and previous expereience informing an evolved version of my spatial awareness as well as my creativity from the curriculum.

Plant Your Lasting Legacy Consider creating a lasting legacy with a named scholarship that supports horticulture students as they work to continue their education and advance their professional ambition.

WSNLA.org/MakeADonation The WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund is a tax-exempt 501(c) (3) organization. Your donation to The WSNLA Scholarship Fund is fully taxdeductible.

For more information on contributing to The WSNLA Scholarship Fund, please visit www.wsnla.org/MakeADonation or contact the WSNLA office at (253) 279-7061.

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DEVON WATKINS Jim Brown Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Nursery Growers Certificate Anticipated Graduation: June 2021 Career Ambitions: I want to build an aquaponics farm to grow native plants and trees in the Pacific Northwest for restoration projects. I have also found a horticultural mentor and I will be helping him expand his landscaping business to include a plant nursery.

CLARE MCLEAN Johnnie Holmason Scholarship Award: $1500 School: Edmonds College Field of Study: Associate of Technical Arts, Horticulture/Sustainable Landscape Management Anticipated Graduation: December 2021 Career Ambitions: My career goals are still evolving, but I foresee applying my writing and photography expertise from my previous career to the horticulture industry, probably as a communications professional or a freelance writer.

ZERO MORTS Olympic Chapter Scholarship Award: $1000 School: Lake Washington Institute of Technology Field of Study: Environmental Horticulture Anticipated Graduation: 2022 Career Ambitions: My goals are to graduate with an associate degree in Environmental Horticuture and then transfer to Bastyr Univerisity to study naturopathic medicine. I will work at a nursery and as a home landscaper while I am studying. My dream is to grow herbs for medicine and teas.

2021 Grant Recipients SOUTH SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - ARBORETUM MANAGEMENT INTERN Awarded $2500. Underwritten by the Greg Rosso Scholarship.

The Arboretum Management Internship position was created to ensure continuity in the care and maintenance of the Arboretum, through student participation.

The student intern oversees regular maintenance, volunteer work parties with the public, supervises other student interns and volunteers, and assists in plant installations and garden renovations. The Arboretum is a five-acre living laboratory for South’s Landscape/Horticulture students. It also serves as a public garden for the students, faculty, community members and the Green Industry.

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RHODODENDRON SPECIES GARDENS - RETAIL SALES INTERNSHIP Awarded $2000. Underwritten by WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund.

The RSBG Retail Sales Internship position introduces horticulture students to the practical aspects of managing a retail nursery through their actual management of the RSBG Garden Gift Shop Nursery located near the entrance to the RSBG. This internship is designed to augment classroom training with actual work experience.

The student will work with RSBG staff to price and arrange plants available for sale, assess effective plant sale strategies, and maintain the sales area in an attractive and professional manner. Students have the opportunity to work with unusual and rare plants and to take into consideration their care and landscape uses and to use this knowledge to assist our customers as they consider possible purchases from our extensive collection of unusual material.

ELISABETH C MILLER LIBRARY - REFERENCE MATERIAL Awarded $503. Underwritten by WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund.

The following reference materials will be added to the Elisabeth C. Miller collections: • The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables by Lorene Forkner • Complete Container Herb Gardening: Design and Grow Beautiful, Bountiful HerbFilled Pots by Sue Goetz • Eat What You Grow: Beautiful and Productive Plants for an Undemanding Edible Garden by Alys Fowler • The Lost Orchard: A Celebration of our Heritage by Raymond Blanc • Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden by Jessica Walliser • Fearless Gardening: Be Bold, Break the Rules, and Grow What You Love by Loree Bohl • Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates by Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt • The Naturally Beautiful Garden: Designs to Please the Eye and Support Nature by Kathryn Bradley-Hole • New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly Norris • Cherry by Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman • Colchicum by Christopher Grey-Wilson • Growing Conifers: The Complete Illustrated Gardening and Landscaping Guide by John Albers • Herbaceous Perennial Plants, 4th edition by Allan Armitage • Hydrangeas: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden by Naomi Slade WSNLA - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Award $1750. Underwritten by WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund.

Funds help deliver online continuing education opportunities for industry professionals Award: $3500. Underwritten by WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund.

Funds will support development of Plant Identification online learning resources and prep tools for the Certified Professional Hortculturist Exam.

Your Gift Matters to

WSNLA.org/MakeADonation The WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund is a tax-exempt 501(c) (3) organization. Your donation to The WSNLA Scholarship Fund is fully taxdeductible.

For more information on contributing to The WSNLA Scholarship Fund, please visit www.wsnla.org/MakeADonation or contact the WSNLA office at (253) 279-7061.

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Where Are They Now?

WSNLA’s Education Foundation awards scholarships yearly to help students continue their education in the horticulture industry. Here are some of the remarkable accomplishments those recipients have gone on to achieve. Four past scholarship recipients share about what they are up to now, how the WSNLA Scholarship helped to support their career goals, and the advice they have for future horticulturists.

Scott Elliott, LEED GA, PCMI-SEFS, UW Environmental Protection Agency I now work at the Environmental Protection Agency as a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Coordinator. The job involves reviewing, analyzing and researching Agency information assets and making release determinations as authorized by law with commitment to privacy and access to information. I am also the Chief Executive Officer of Finca Sylvatica in Costa Rica, a 21-acre botanical research center and restoration site with a half acre of plant nurseries and five acres of food forests with the aim of restoring degraded landscapes.

Horticulture is a great way to get outdoors, gain an appreciation of the environment, and more efficiently work in collaboration with and to improve our natural resources.

The WSNLA scholarship helped me gain the skills, knowledge, and passion to consistently provide impactful change that demonstrates clear care for our planet and the people who live on it.

For anyone interested in horticulture, stick with it, and find ways to innovate technologies and integrate them holistically.

I continue to learn new and exciting things everyday in my career. Now that the US has rejoined the Paris climate agreement, horticulturists have significant power to create a much more beautiful, clean, and harmonious world.

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Shainelle Dyser | In Our Nature

(pictured above with her son & business partner, Patrick Dyser.)

I have started a gardening business called In Our Nature.

My family offers regular garden maintenance services and we have had the pleasure of doing a few small design projects.

I enjoy the daily connection with nature and being able to share it with my family. A garden can be a lot of work and we get satisfaction helping people get more value from their gardens.

Starting a new career, perfecting skills and putting them to use can be frustrating at times and it helps knowing there are people rooting for me. There are a lot of landscapers out there and it can be intimidating. The WSNLA scholarship opportunity helped me feel validated and gave me a boost to get started.

My advice to future horticulturalists would be to not forget to enjoy the little things. It can be easy to get wrapped up in weeds or in trying to prove your worth in the garden. But there are so many things in nature that it seems were created for someone to see only if they are looking closely.

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Anju Neilju, CPH | Bhumi Garden Design LLC

Ricardo Naranjo | Stemilt Growers I have just accepted a Quality Control Technician Internship with Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee. Some of the responsibilities for this position are learning to track and disseminate fruit quality information gathered at receiving locations and manage raw fruit inventories and movement of cherries, apples and pears from receiving locations throughout central Washington, to packing facilities in Wenatchee, Washington.

What I enjoy the most about working in the field of horticulture is that it is a very broad field, and I don’t have to limit myself to only working in one environment.

I can work in labs, greenhouses, tree fruit, nurseries or landscaping and I love that.

The first scholarship I ever received was from the WSNLA, it meant a lot to me knowing the WSNLA read my scholarship letter and wanted to support me and my educational goals, it made me want to do the best I could in school.

The best advice I could give someone interested in a career in horticulture are to not be afraid to network and reach out to different members of the horticulture industry and to seek internships early on in school, often those connections are helpful for getting great jobs in the horticulture industry later.

After graduating from LW Tech in 2013, I worked for a maintenance company and a local organic nursey (KIS Farm) for two years and got an idea of the industry. With this limited two years’ experience, I started my landscape business in 2016 and named it Bhumi Garden Designs LLC (Bhumi is Earth in India). We specialize in high end edible garden designs and seasonal color designs. After seasonal pots and an edible garden are designed and installed, clients generally ask us to spruce up the remaining garden, which we do according to the client needs with patios, paths and plants; all blending with the style and exposure of the existing garden.

Besides the enjoyment of planting edibles and ornamental plants, the nutrition and beauty provided by our clients’ gardens creates priceless physical wellbeing, mental benefits, independence and wellness! Its therapeutic!

When I applied for the scholarship, I was not sure of receiving any. When I started receiving scholarship after scholarship, I realized anyone can get them, if you stay persistent, keep up with your grades and continue applying. The scholarship motivated me even more! I made a promise to myself to support future students, graduates and CPHs with scholarships or by providing them with jobs once I have a business.

My advice to future horticulturists is to never give up! You will grow like a plant, slow and steady. Never stop learning.

Keep polishing your skills and learn at least two new skills a year. Your education never stops at LW Tech; it begins when you graduate! Your client is your priority! Keep what you see and hear in their compound and not outside. You will grow by word of mouth. It takes time, effort, and patience. Just like the horticultural rule of thumb, first year the Horticulturist Sleeps!

You slowly absorb and learn the industry; what works for you, and what does not. Second year the Horticulturist Creeps! You peep out, look for opportunity and act immediately, do not over think, find your niche and start small. Start your business as a sole proprietor, its easy. Third year, the Horticulturist Leaps! Now its past two years since you graduated and got some good clients, its time to grow more. Become an LLC or even a landscape contractor. Trust me, its much easier than you think.

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Supports Industry Research Did you know that a surcharge is assessed on fees collected by nursery retailer licenses for the purpose of creating an industry research fund? These fees are then used solely to support research projects which are of general benefit to the nursery and landscape industry.

Nursery Advisory Committee Members Bob Schmidt, Wileywood Floricuture/Greenhouse Roger Canfield, CPH - Puget Sound Plants Nursery Grower Dan Meier, Briggs Nursery Large Scale Wholesale Nursery Todd Snyder, C&O Nursery Fruit Trees Rick Longnecker, Buds & Blades Landscape Jeff Sample, Terroir Nouveaux Nursery Vineyards Richard Roozen, WA Bulb Company Bulbs Jeff Van Lierop, Country Green Turf Turfgrass Theresa Knutsen, Raintree Nursery Online Nursery Open Position Garden Center Breanne Chavez WSNLA Executive Director - ex officio WA State Department of Agriculturist Committee Adminstrators: Cindy Cooper, Plant Services Program Manager Lara Massey, Program Specialist If you are interested in learning about service on the WSDA Nursery Advisory Committee, please contact Breanne at breanne@wsnla.org.

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The Nursery Advisory Committee was established to advise the program director regarding the administration of the Nursery Inspection program. The committee consists of nine members representing the interests of licensed nursery dealers and the nursery industry. Each year the Nursery Advisory Committee reviews research proposals and awards funding to support research that benefits the Washington State nursery and landscape industry. This year the committee funded the following research grants below: NEW PROJECTS

EFFICIENT TREE FRUIT VIRUS AND PHYTOPLASMA DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING USING RNASEQ. AWARD: $38,000. Project Managers: Kimberly Cotton-Price, Ph.D. & Seanna Hewitt, Ph.D., NuPhY, Inc. This project will lay the groundwork for NuPhY to optimize and then provide an RNA sequencing (RNAseq)-based virus and phytoplasma detection service that is fast, reliable, and cost-effective, even in asymptomatic plants. The goals will be achieved through the following objectives: 1.) Compare the detection limits of RNAseq and RT-PCR using LChV2 and X-disease phytoplasma as a case study. 2.) Optimize RNAseq workflow and data analysis; test infected cherry and apple materials for multiple viruses and phytoplasma(s) at once.

Benefit to Industry Statement: The nurseries in Washington State, particularly within the horticultural crop sector, are among those that are currently underserved in pathogen testing capacity, and, in the rest of the PNW, nurseries and growers are suffering similar limitations. With our high-throughput, RNAseq-based, diagnostic platform, expansion of NuPhY’s testable crops from apple and cherry to any horticultural crop requiring comprehensive virus/viroid and phytoplasma screening services will be achievable.

Provision of this much-needed service to nurseries will aid in pre-emptive mitigation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses that are incurred each year as a result of virus and phytoplasma-associated pathogens.

AWARENESS OF STATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR FRUIT TREE, GRAPEVINE AND HOPS PLANTING STOCK. AWARD: $20,000. Project Managers: Vicky Scharlau, Executive Director, Washington Wine Foundation and Scott Harpe, Washington State University - IAREC. In this project will conduct market research to: 1) Identify participants and nonparticipants in the state specialty crop nursery certification programs for fruit tree, grapevine and hop planting stock. 2) Conduct surveys to determine the perceptions of the certification program, and current messages being used at the nursery level, and 3) Use this information to develop a series of clear messages targeted at increasing participation in the program, and uptake of certified plants by growers. The second objective is to raise awareness and adoption of state nursery certification programs by developing and distributing outreach materials. Working with industry stakeholders, WSU extension, and state agency representatives, input will be collected to develop a campaign to increase participation in state certification programs and the implementation of the programs to growers. Once messaging and best method of distribution are determined, a timely rollout would occur.

Benefit to Industry Statement: Currently, no outreach programs exist promoting awareness of, use of, or value of using certified planting stock. The “clean plant” slogan has been used to date largely within the National Clean Plant Network but the tie between “clean” and “certified” has not been well made. Now, nurseries and growers find that the messaging falls short when used as a justification to purchase and use certified plants. Additionally, there is a lack of understanding of what certification is or does and how it might benefit a grower of tree fruits, hops or grapes.

CONTINUING PROJECTS

Establishing Camellia sinensis as a new crop for the Washington nursery industry | Award: $9025. Dr. Carol Miles, WSU Mount Vernon NWREC. This project will develop methods for propagating tea from cuttings, establish a tea planting, and develop a tea propagation and planting guide, thereby supporting a sustainable emergence of tea production in Washington. This project will establish new cultivar trials conducted within the state and relevant to the climate and hardiness zones of the Washington nursery and nursery best practices.

Evaluating Mahonia species & cultivars for Landscape Use in the PNW | Award: $16,390.

Randall Hitchin, South Seattle College.

Objectives of this project include introduction of new and promising species, forms, and cultivars of Mahonia to the PNW; Produce finished, field-ready nursery stock from new introductions for field trial; Establish a secure, well-equipped research plot with robust weather instrumentation; Observe and characterize the potential and limitations of these plants based on a broad matrix of characteristics related to environmental adaptability, relative ease of nursery production, pest and disease resistance, and ornamental merit; Stratify and rank these plants for overall horticultural potential in terms of environmental adaptability, relative ease of nursery production, pest and disease resistance, and ornamental merit; and Distribute plants assigned to the highest tier of the evaluation to the USDA National Cereals Laboratory for Black Stem Rust resistance/susceptibility screening.

Black Stem Rust Disease Resistance Screening of Imported Mahonia species & cultivars | Award: $8430. Randall Hitchin, South Seattle College.

Among the most significant impacts of this work will be the acquisition of a broad range of promising new Mahonia for the Washington nursery industry.

Of perhaps even greater significance is the fact that these plants will be screened for Black Stem Rust resistance. The overall impact of this work is to effectively ‘fast track’ into production and to the marketplace a group of promising plants that would otherwise face very significant obstacles to introduction. The segments of the nursery industry that will benefit most from this research include nursery growers, wholesalers and retail nurseries.

INDUSTRY NEWS

United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine

Federal Order

APHIS amends import requirements of Buxus spp., Euonymus spp., and Ilex spp. plants for planting from Canada Effective May 26, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending entry requirements for importation of boxwood (Buxus spp.), Euonymus (Euonymus spp.), and holly (Ilex spp.), plants for planting from Canada to prevent introduction of box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis).

Box tree moth is a serious pest of boxwood, Euonymus, holly, and curry leaf tree (Murraya spp.), and these hosts are a pathway for entry of this pest into the United States. Box tree moth symptoms include green-black frass and silk threads on the host plant. Larvae feeding on leaves causes defoliation and mortality. Bark feeding by larvae results in desiccation and death of plants.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) first detected box tree moth at two sites in Toronto, (Ontario), Canada in August 2018. In November 2018, CFIA confirmed the presence of this pest in an urban neighborhood in Toronto and posted an official pest report in The North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) Phytosanitary Alert System in February 2019. This was the first confirmed report of this pest in North America. Most recently, on April 30, 2021, CFIA provided information on the detection of the pest at a nursery in St. Catharines, Ontario. CFIA subsequently indicated the pest may be present in the surrounding environment.

This Federal Order replaces DA 2020-07 and prohibits the importation of Buxus spp., Euonymus spp., and Ilex spp. from Canada into the United States and territories. Buxus spp., Euonymus spp., Ilex spp., plants for planting shipments imported from Canada will be refused entry.

This action is necessary because APHIS has determined that the introduction and establishment of the box tree moth poses a serious threat to agriculture in the United States.

This Federal Order is issued in accordance with the regulatory authority provided by the Plant Protection Act of June 20, 2000, as amended, Section 412(a), 7 U.S.C. 7712(a). Under the Act, the Secretary may prohibit or restrict the importation, entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce of any plant, plant product, biological control organism, noxious weed, article, or means of conveyance, if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction into the United States or the dissemination of a plant pest or noxious weed within the United States. The regulatory authority provided by 7 U.S.C. 7754 allows the Secretary to issue orders to carry out this provision of the Plant Protection Act. For additional information regarding this Federal Order, please contact Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist Narasimha Chary Samboju, at 301-851-2038 or narasimha.c.samboju@usda.gov.

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Horticultural Research Institute Announces 2021 Grant Awards The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), the foundation of AmericanHort, is pleased to announce the portfolio of research projects to be funded in 2021. Projects range from innovations to crop production for both greenhouse and nursery segments, emergent consumer research, pollinator research, and plant disease projects. A total of $364,000 will be awarded this year.

“Investing in diverse, high-quality research is our mission,” said Jennifer Gray, HRI Administrator. “The 2021 projects selected from a competitive batch of grant applications represent all facets of the industry and touch each of HRI’s four strategic research priorities.”

The Horticultural Research Institute’s mission is to direct, fund, promote, and communicate horticulture research.

Supporting research that challenges current methods and bridges the divide between businesses and the consumer is exactly how HRI helps build prosperous businesses, advance the green industry, and fulfill its core vision.

QUANTIFYING PLANT BENEFITS A practical method for rapidly assessing pollinator attraction to plant cultivars H. Patch, Penn State University With the increase in consumer demand for pollinator-friendly plant stock, there is a clear need for a user-friendly method to routinely evaluate plant attractiveness to pollinators. This project will develop a protocol for industry and flower trial assessors to rapidly and accurately estimate a cultivar’s attractiveness to beneficial insects in the field trial settings. Additionally, this project will develop a web tool prototype that will analyze data from this rapid assessment and rank trial cultivars based on their value to insect pollinators.

CREATING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Transparent Solar Cell Design for Greenhouses R. R. Lunt & E. Runkle, Michigan State University We have pioneered a range of transparent 18 - The B&B Magazine

solar cells that selectively harvest invisible solar radiation. However, there are key differences between the photopic response in the human eye and the photon action response of plants that need to be considered as these devices are designed specifically for greenhouse applications.

In this project we investigate the optical impact of various wavelengths on a range of horticultural crop species. This is the first step to optimize transparent solar cells designed to maximize both plant productivity and electricity generation simultaneously in the same area for worldwide adoptability.

Controlling Flowering of Summer-Fall Garden Mums with Strategic LED Lighting Q. Meng, University of Delaware In summer-fall garden mum programs, growers typically use black cloth to trigger flowering of these short-day plants under otherwise long days. However, pulling black cloth twice a day to create short days incurs labor and material costs with potential heat delay of flowering. Based on a theoretical flowering model for mums, this project aims to identify night LED lighting strategies to promote flowering of summer-fall garden mums with reduced or no use of black cloth.

Removal of paclobutrazol from captured irrigation runoff using slow sand filters L. Oki, UC Davis To stabilize water supplies and comply with runoff regulations, nurseries and greenhouses capture runoff from irrigation and storms. However, captured irrigation runoff may contain plant growth regulators (PGR) at concentrations high enough to cause stunting or deformation of non-target crop plants. Water treatment using slow sand filters may be able to provide long-term removal since contaminants are biologically degraded and the microbes performing the degradation are constantly regenerated.

Fluorescence imaging: a low-cost method for early stress detection M. van Iersel, University of Georgia Plants are exposed to different biotic and abiotic that can negatively impact crop production. Early detection of such stresses is important to mitigate their negative impact on the crop. Such detection typically

depends on visual inspection of crops.

However, stresses can only be detected when symptoms have become visible.

Our objective is to develop and test a novel imaging approach for detection plant stress before visible symptoms are present.

GATHERING CONSUMER INSIGHTS Gardening purchase motivation and satisfaction during COVID-19 isolation and their effects on likelihood to buy again B. Behe, Michigan State University The COVID-19 pandemic ignited a big interest in plants. Understanding why and how much of that will influence future plant purchases is the focus of a study to be conducted by Drs. Behe and Huddleston at Michigan State University.

They will survey both plant purchasers and non-purchasers to discover how their attitudes and motivations for buying (or not buying) plant differ. Results from 2021 data will be compared to 2020 data. Growers, wholesalers, and retailers should all benefit from a better understanding of consumer perceptions this study will provide to improve their sales and communications.

Growing Green Industry Profits from an Emerging Market of Plantspeople J. Campbell, University of Georgia Recently, the horticulture world has seen an influx of new plantspeople entering the marketplace. These new consumers are providing new challenges and opportunities for our industry. This project will provide insight and tools, developed from consumer research, to equip horticulture industry stakeholders to better engage emerging audiences and convert them into lifelong buyers.

PRODUCING PRACTICAL AND ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS Fertility, population dynamics, and pollinator attractiveness of standard and “sterile” cultivars: Buddleia as a case study may inform the way forward for our national industry

R. Contreras, Oregon State Many plants are grown not just for their beauty but for their ecosystem services, particularly pollinator attraction. But plants such as butterfly bush have escaped cultivation in some regions such that they have been banned. To address this, breeders have developed new cultivars with the goal of reduced fertility. This project aims to answer several questions: 1) What happens to pollinator attraction with reduced fertility? 2) What is the fertility of a suite of modern cultivars compared to old classics? 3) Can we use population modeling to establish a “safe” threshold of fertility?

A holly jolly Christmas starts with disease-free hollies F. Hand, Ohio State University An emergent fungal fruit rot disease is severely affecting deciduous holly production in Midwestern and Eastern U.S. States. This project will screen deciduous holly cultivars for disease susceptibility, to provide growers with selection recommendations when establishing new plantings. Additionally, this project aims to identify antifungal compounds naturally present within different cultivars fruit that can suppress pathogen proliferation. Antifungal compound identification has the potential to feed into a biofungicide development pipeline, which will ultimately increase the availability of sustainable disease management tools for the nursery industry.

Characterization and Modeling of Physical and Hydraulic Properties of Wood Substrates B. Jackson, North Carolina State University The demand for soilless substrates continues to increase as ornamental/ floriculture markets grow and as more traditionally field-grown crops are transitioning to soilless growing systems.

As a result, global soilless substrate demand is projected to increase by 240% by 2050. To meet this significant demand, wood products will play a major role in future substrate formulations. After decades of scientific research and grower trials, we have a better understanding of how wood substrates can be used,

but more in-depth evaluations and characterizations are needed to advance the use (and confidence) in these new materials. The aim of this work is to provide in-depth characterizations and testing of commercially available engineered wood components.

Early detection of Phytophthora spp. on nursery-grown ornamental plants S. N. Jeffers, Clemson University Diseases caused by Phytophthora species are a constant and substantial problem in U.S. nurseries and greenhouses with few sustainable management options. While the use of fungicides can be effective temporarily, the best long-term solution is sanitation. Therefore, it is essential to identify and eliminate sources of inoculum early during plant production. This research will evaluate methods for efficiently detecting Phytophthora spp. on nurserygrown plants and investigate factors that may affect detection.

Developing Native Plants for Sustainable Green Industry Production Y. Sun, Utah State The introduction of novel native plants for landscaping has the potential to infuse new energy into the Green Industry. Utah ranks in the top 10 states for vascular plant species diversity. Utah State University has capitalized on this diversity by establishing a program (Sego Supreme™) for selecting and introducing plants native to Utah and the Great Basin for use in water-efficient landscaping. Many natives are not used in the industry because they are so difficult to propagate, produce, and/or maintain.

This project aims to develop snowbrush ceanothus (Ceanothus velutinus), a broadleaf evergreen shrub, for sustainable horticultural production and landscape use.

About HRI: The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), founded in 1962, has provided more than $8 million in funds to research projects covering a broad range of production, environmental, and business issues important to the green industry.

Nearly $11 million is committed to the endowment by individuals, corporations, and associations. For more information about HRI, its grant-funded research, or programming, visit www.hriresearch.org or contact Jennifer Gray at 614.884.1155.

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