News – Page 2 – The West Virginia Nursery and Landscaping Association

In celebration of his many years of contributions to the nursery and landscape industry in West Virginia, Charlie Price was named Outstanding WVNLA Person of the Year at our Annual Members Breakfast Meeting on February 11 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston. As a long-term member and former officer of WVNLA, Charlie was instrumental in […]

Listen in to WAJR Radio Talk of the Town with Mike Nolting when Michael Biafore talks with him about WVNLA’s Landscape Plants for West Virginia book. He also provides insights on invasives, natives and planting techniques. Lots of good information in this one! Michael is president of Biafore Landscape Development, LLC, in Morgantown […]

Congratulations to Michael Biafore and Bradley Gritt, who both achieved the status of obtaining their Certified Professional Horticulture certifications when they passed the exam on Feb. 12. Michael is the president of Biafore Landscape Development LLC in Morgantown and serves on WVNLA’s board of directors. He also chairs the workforce development and scholarship committees. Brad […]

WVNLA MANTS Breakfast

January 9, 2025 , 8:00 am

Baltimore Convention Center

If you’re attending the Masterpiece of Trade Shows: MANTS Jan. 8-10 in Baltimore, please plan to fuel up for a day on the vast floor at WVNLA’s Annual MANTS Breakfast. We’ll have a full breakfast dished up at 8 a.m. Thursday Jan. 9 in Room 330 of the Baltimore Convention Center. There is no cost […]

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 […]

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 […]