 | Sponsor and administer the Virginia Certified Horticulturist Program.
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| Sponsor of the Standardized Landscape Specifications for the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers and the Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and is now specified in the Code of Virginia.
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| Support research at Virginia Tech and Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center with interest from a Permanent Trust fund of over $460,000, in additional to annual grants.
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| Provides two Horticulture students at Virginia Tech $1,500 scholarships. |
| Provides scholarships from the Shoosmith Endowment. (2 @ $1,500
and 2 @ $750)
Click here for Info and Application as Adobe PDF files
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| Sponsor 4-H and FFA projects in the state.
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| Sponsor of Annual Summer Tours for VNLA members, in-state, out-of-state, and international.
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| Lobby in the Virginia General Assembly and the U.S. Congress for member interests.
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| Support the ANLA, the Virginia Green Industry Council and the Horticulture Exposition at the State Fair of Virginia, The Garden Council, the Virginia Agribusiness Council, the Nursery & Landscape Association Executives, the Southern Nursery Association, the Maymont Flower & Garden Show and the VA Professional Horticulture Conference.
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| Provide recognition to a Virginia Nurseryman of the Year and Honorary Memberships.
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| Co-founder and one of three Owners of the Mid-Atlantic Nurserymen's Trade Show (M.A.N.T.S.) held in Baltimore in January. The annual membership meeting is held at the Winter MANTS |
| Co-founder of the Virginia Green Industry Council in 1989. (now the Virginia Green Industry Council) |
| Sponsor of the Horticulture Exposition at the State Fair of Virginia.
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| Publish a 96 page bi-monthly Newsletter for members, extension, and teachers.
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| Plant Introduction Program in cooperation with Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center and the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
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| VNLA Annual Field Day
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| Host of 1999 SNA Southern Plant Conference in Richmond, VA, September 23-25, 1999. |
| VNLA Annual Summer Tour (1-3 days, in-state and out-of-state)
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