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Congratulations to Skylar Welch who obtained his Certified Professional Horticulture credentials on July 9 when he passed the exam. Skylar is a Foreman/Meadow Specialist at Native Havens, LLC, in Kearneysville, WV. Applicants for certification must meet education/work experience standards and obtain a score of at least 70% on the exam, which consists of 100 multiple […]

The Marcus Rennix Scholarship is open to horticulture, landscape architecture, or nursery and greenhouse management West Virginia native students who have completed half the required courses in the relevant major and maintained at least a 2.5 grade point average. The criteria prioritizes scholarships to West Virginia citizens wherever they are studying in an effort to […]

WVNLA announces a Membership Drive, effective through June 30, 2025. New members who join us during that time will receive a buy-one, get-one-year free membership. Here what WVNLA board member and owner of Riverside Sod Farm Betsy Raynes says about member benefits. Thanks, Betsy. We couldn’t have said it better. Now’s the time. Click […]

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 […]