Monthly Archives: November 2024

Events, Horticulture Club Announcements

Our Winter Poinsettia Sale is BACK!

NOVA Horticulture Club’s Annual Winter Poinsettia Sale is BACK! December 3rd and December 5th from 11am to 6pm both days.

This year we are once again partnering with the NOVA Loudoun Campus Parking Office to offer credit and debit card transactions! That’s right! No more worrying about remembering the exact amount in cash or forgetting your checkbook! Cash and check will still also be accepted.

We will be open to the public for general sale from 11 am to 6 pm on 12/3 and 12/5 in the NOVA Horticulture Program Greenhouse (located at 46447 Ankers Shop Cir, Sterling, VA 20164)

This year we have 14 premium and unique varieties, some of which won’t be found anywhere else in the area! Each 6.5″ pot is $10 and includes a hand wrapped decorative pot foil, a support stake, a protective paper sleeve, and care instructions. All profits go towards the Horticulture Club’s participation in the 2025 Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival as well as  supporting education in Horticulture.

For more information contact the Horticulture Club on Instagram  or by email at hortclubnvcc@gmail.com 

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Events, Horticulture Club Announcements

NOVA Horticulture Fall Day/Career Forum 11/19 3-5pm

All are welcome to attend the First Ever- Fall Day/Career Forum at NOVA Horticulture, on 11/19/2024 from 3-5pm. This is a new event to pair with NOVA Horticulture’s Annual Career Fair which has been held every February or March since 1978 (Stay tuned for the 47th Annual Horticulture Career Fair in February 2025, details TBA).

The event for 11/19 started as a career panel for the HRT 100 class, but the overwhelmingly positive response from Industry professionals (including 5 NOVA Horticulture Alumni!), has lead to the official expansion into a Horticulture Fall Career Day which will be set up as  mini exhibition/forum. See the flier and Attendee list below.

The format will be as follows:

Welcome and Introductions from 3pm-3:45pm in room LS 114

Individual and Small Group Discussions with Industry Professionals in rooms LS 114 and LS 102 from 3:50 – 5pm

Name Company
Richard Baker Owner and Founder, King’s Masons Inc Hardscape
Thomas W. Bardroff Atrium Horticulturist, Meadowlark Gardens
Adam Bucher Horticulture Resource Manager, Green Spring Gardens
Ahmed Ibrahim Client Relationship Manager, Rossen Landscapes
 

Michael Gildea, CGM

 National President, PGMS; Garden and Grounds Manager, Chevy Chase Club
Josh Kane President & Head Designer, Kane Landscapes
Jonathan Kavalier Director of Gardens, Dumbarton Oaks
Michealanne Makuch Conservation Coordinator, Earth Sangha
Pat McCann Certified Arborist, Bartlett Tree Experts
Maureen Robinson Founder & Head Designer, Blue House Gardens, President, APLD DC-MD-VA Chapter
Beth Sastre Commercial Horticulturist, Virginia Coop Extension, Loudoun Co.
Olga Ukrainchik Fairfax County Parks, Ellanor C. Lawrence Park

Contact Horticulture Program Head – Anders Vidstrand for more information: avidstrand@nvcc.edu 

Events, Horticulture Club Announcements

Academies of Loudoun Holiday Plant Sale 2024

Did you know that we have Dual Enrollment program between the  NOVA Horticulture Program and the Environmental Plant Science Program at the Academies of Loudoun? They also have really great plant sales! Show your support for that program and those LCPS High School students! https://www.lcps.org/o/acl/article/1843711