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 March 15 to 19.

Horticulture Program Chair Mark Deacon said 23 Horticulture 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.

Cincinnati State student achievements in the 2021 events included:

• Ed Atkinson – 2^nd in Woody Ornamental Plant Identification and 5^th in Robotics & Technology
   
• Hannah Fitz – 2^nd in Interior Plant Identification and 9^th in Flower & Foliage Identification
   
• Paul Gessner – 7^th in Exterior Landscape Design (photo above)
   
• Dorothy Jolly – 2^nd in Landscape Lighting and 4^th in Construction Cost Estimating
   
• Joani Means – in a three-way tie for 1^st place for Business Management, and placed 3^rd when time was used as the tie-breaker
   
• Jack Marschall – 5^th in Computer Aided Landscape Design (photo below)
   
• Maria Pfirrman – 10^th in Woody Plant Identification
   
• Emily Semanovich – 8^th 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, and Madigan Smith.

(Photos provided by Mark Deacon)