Clemson students make impact on horticulture industry

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CLEMSON – Clemson horticulture students have been busy this spring sharing their knowledge with others in the horticulture industry.
Clemson students have been busy this semester sharing horticultural knowledge they’ve learned by participating in internships, serving on student panels and writing articles for professional magazines.Image Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University
The students engaged in professional activities that included presenting at conferences, to publishing articles, as well serving as horticulture ambassadors. The students were supported in their activities by Ellen Vincent, environmental landscape specialist in the Clemson horticulture program.
“These students have worked very hard this semester,” Vincent said. “We are proud of them and what they have accomplished.”
The students include Elizabeth Elmore, a senior from Charleston, Vincent Galatolo a senior from Lexington, Annie Borlik a senior from South Bend, Indiana, Justin Revland a senior from Mt. Pleasant and Dalton Holzheimer a senior from Gilbert who participated in internships. They presented their experiences during the South Carolina Landscape and Turfgrass Association’s Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbia on Jan. 25 to large audiences of green industry professionals.
Jordan Baylor, a horticulture senior from Belton, was awarded the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Southern Chapter Student Ambassador Award. Baylor received this award when she attended the ISA Conference and Trade Show in Myrtle Beach where she contributed to the student panel on how to encourage greater student participation and involvement in the International Society of Arboriculture organization.
Alexis Anthony, a junior from Fort Mill, received the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association’s South Carolina Horticulture Industry Trade Show Intern Scholarship Award. Anthony also attended the South Carolina Horticulture Industry annual conference and trade show as a student worker from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.
Justin Revland, a senior from Mt. Pleasant, also received the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association’s South Carolina Horticulture Industry Trade Show Intern Scholarship Award. ...

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