Last week at the 2018 Western trade show, several leaders in the horticulture industry received awards. At a reception celebrating Plants With Purpose, the following awards were presented:
Western Legend
Anna Caroline Ball
Ball Horticultural Company
Emerging Leader
Thomas Minter
Loma Vista Nursery
Employee of the Year
David West
Cedar Valley Nurseries
Outstanding State Association Leader Awards
Missouri
Anne McKinstry
McKinstry Sales
Kansas
Lyndsi Oestmann
Loma Vista Nursery
Oklahoma
Chris Ferris
Southwood Landscape & Garden Center
Nebraska
posthumously to Harlan Hamernik
Bluebird Nursery
The Jim Peckosh Greening of the Midwest Memorial
"On With Life" Therapeutic Grounds Project
On With Life, a non-profit organization in Ankeny, Iowa, is transforming 1.5 acres of green space on its Ankeny campus into multi-faceted outdoor ADA-accessible therapeutic grounds that will provide sensory stimulation experiences, therapeutic challenges and respite for those living with brain injury.
New Board of Directors
Also, the 2018 Board of Directors of the Western Nursery & Landscape Association was elected at the 128th annual Business Meeting in Kansas City, as part of the Western trade show.
President: Jonathan Cude - Sedan Floral, Inc.
Vice President: Jennifer Schamber, Greenscape Gardens
Secretary/Treasurer: Tim McDonnell, Kansas Forest Service
Directors: Randy Davis, Greenleaf Nursery Company
Matt Stueck, Suburban Lawn & Garden
Heather Byers, Great Plains Nursery
Virgil Widger, Country Landscapes
Guadalupe (Lupe) Rios, Forrest Keeling Nursery
Ex Officio: Jeffrey Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company
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