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It would be difficult to find an enterprise that better embodies the concept of “family business” than Smoot’s LLC in Martinsburg. Patriarch Marty Smoot and his son Thomas Smoot started the landscaping business in 2020. Shortly after, Thomas’ wife Jessica took over the office management. Although Smoot’s hasn’t been in business long, the name was […]

By Adam Champ, WVDA, Plant Regulatory Officer II Hollyhocks are favored by many gardeners for their cheerful summer blossoms. Unfortunately, these graceful perennials are afflicted with a common and destructive disease called hollyhock rust. The fungi, Puccinia malvacearum, is the pathogen responsible for hollyhock rust. Many plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, are susceptible to […]

By Chris Chanlett Every town needs a garden center. I know because I had one for 17 years. We closed it in 2015, and have been hearing about it ever since. It just meant so much to people that we offered a good selection of plants, shared our knowledge such as it was, and gave […]

Two applicants for the 2023 Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship so impressed the board of directors that they awarded them both full $5,000 scholarships. Garrett Balog of Charleston is a junior studying horticulture at West Virginia University. He graduated from Mooresville Senior High School in North Carolina. Seth Glazer of Huntington attends Columbus State Community College […]

Installation Honors Families of Board Members It was already hot at 9 a.m. on a Saturday in May when about 25 volunteers gathered on a grassy lot behind the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind (CWAB) in Huntington to install a play area. A concrete pad had been poured earlier, and a pavilion had been built, […]

Two promising West Virginia University students have been selected as WVNLA’s 2022 Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship winners. Ruston Seaman, a landscape architecture and an environmental and community planning double major at WVU, and Mathias Solliday, a horticulture major at WVU, both received full scholarships in the amount of $5,000, based on their academic achievements, […]

WVNLA’s board of directors has selected two recipients for the 2021 Marcus W. Rennix Memorial Scholarship. Sarah Naegele and Jacob Riggleman are both students at West Virginia University. Sarah Naegele is a senior studying landscape architecture at West Virginia University. She grew up in Charleston, where she graduated from Capital High School. Her path to […]

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COVID-19 Resources

COVID-19 Vaccine Resources COVID-19 vaccine efforts throughout the nation are steadily expanding. To help landscape industry companies navigate the next phase of the COVID-19 epidemic as the vaccine roll-out progresses, we’ve provided HR guidance and information about the steps you can take to protect your business, your customers, and your employees. Guidance […]

Barberry in WV

Wonderful West Virginia magazine featured an article in the January issue on WVDA’s ban of barberry as a landscape plant. Author MiKenna Pierotti covered the subject with information supplied by WVNLA and others. Read the article on the links below. Barberry1WWV Barberry2WWV Barberry3WWV Barberry4WWV