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The Corporate Transparency Act, which went into effect in January 2024, may require your small business to report information about ownership to the government. Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which went into effect on January 1, 2024, many U.S. small business owners are required to file corporate transparency reports with beneficial ownership information. For most eligible […]

In 2021, John and Edie Jett celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and sought to mark the occasion with a gift to the West Virginia Botanic Garden (WVBG) in Morgantown, which they have both supported since its inception. John and Edie are both WVU Agriculture graduates, and John is a long-serving WVNLA board member. Edie was […]

Congratulations to our first George W. Longenecker scholarship recipients. The board of directors of the West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (WVNLA) approved scholarships for two West Virginia students entering West Virginia University’s Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. Sarah Gompers is a rising WVU Landscape Architecture student from Buckhannon who attends Buckhannon […]

West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association Announces$12,500 in Scholarship Awards for Five College Students The board members of WVNLA were pleased to select five scholarship recipients who will receive $2,500 each through the Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship program. The students — all attending West Virginia University (WVU) — were recognized at the association’s February […]

We congratulate Stephen Saunders of Saunders Lawn Care in Huntington on his award of WVNLA Person of the Year 2024. His award reads: “On the occasion of his leadership in the installation of a Natural Learning Environment at the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind, Steve Saunders has been named Outstanding Person of the Year on […]

WVNLA announces a newly created scholarship for rising college freshmen. The George W. Longenecker Memorial Scholarship is available to rising freshmen accepted into the landscape architecture or horticulture programs at West Virginia University. Recipients will receive full tuition reimbursement for four semesters while maintaining a 3.0 GPA with full credits in either the landscape architecture […]

Capitol Conservation District Loans Kilns for Biochar Production Sally Shepherd threw the last of some old branches atop a pile of other yard waste inside what appeared to be an oversized barrel. She had gathered mostly woody waste material from her farm outside of Sissonville and was preparing to use it to create biochar, a […]

Community members, patrons, West Virginia Nursery & Landscape (WVNLA) members and sixth grade students from Huntington Middle School attended a dedication and ribbon cutting October 16 for a new landscaped outdoor space at the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind (CWAB) in Huntington. The natural learning environment, or accessible sensory garden, is made up of several […]

Recently, West Virginia came uncomfortably close to losing its only accredited landscape architect program. As part of an effort to reduce its $45 million debt, West Virginia University (WVU) administrators announced programs and degrees that were recommended be eliminated. Both the bachelor’s and master’s landscape architecture programs landed on the “to be cut” list, while […]

Recently, West Virginia University announced program and staff cuts intended to reduce the university’s $45 million debt. One of the programs on the cutting block is the Landscape Architecture program, which currently offers both Bachelor and Masters degrees. Cuts to the Plant and Soil Science Department include slashing the staff members from 21 to ten. […]