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Features 08 ‘LINC’ing With Agriculture

Jack Payne: A Formal ‘Thank You’

15 FNGLA 2019 Landscape Award Winners

Member Spotlight: Kerby’s Nursery

The 2019 Landscape Show Attracts 6,500

Pictured is a fall display from longtime FNGLA member Tallahassee Nursery in Tallahassee, Florida. FNGLA PHOTO

President’s Letter‌ Shawn Thomas

Left to Right - FNGLA’s President Shawn Thomas, U.S. Congressman Ted Yoho, Past President Ed Bravo, and President-Elect Martin Hackney during a recent Frontrunners Chapter meeting in Gainesville, FL. FNGLA PHOTO

s we welcome fall – and its most appreciated cooler weather, I wish to begin by first looking back and sharing my heartfelt thanks. The Landscape Show was an overwhelming success, made possible by the incredible efforts of FNGLA staff, exhibitors, and attendees. A well-deserved round of applause also goes out to The Landscape Show Committee for its masterful execution. And, a special show of appreciation goes out to TLS Committee Chair JB Toorish of Arborjet for all of his hard work and leadership. It’s not an easy task to put on such a well-respected industry trade show of this magnitude. Seeing, firsthand, it goes off so well – from the bonds forged the day prior at The Landscape Show/SHARE Golf Tournament (which, by the way, raised $12,000 for industry research!), to the impressive lineup of The Knowledge College speakers, to all of the smiling faces in the aisles – really made an indelible impression on me. I’m proud and humbled. Moving on to other happenings around the state – FNGLA’s Frontrunners Chapter most recent meeting included U.S. Congressman Ted Yoho, who talked about how he is currently working on a proposed bill which could help ease our industry’s labor issues. As we all know, a major struggle in our industry these days is labor, labor, labor, on top of labor. I had the privilege to listen to Congressman Yoho give his presentation, and it seems it may be a real opportunity for us in Florida’s nursery and landscape industry. I encourage you to check it out: https://yoho.house.gov/. I also had the privilege to attend the UF/IFAS Dinner of Distinction in

September, along with FNGLA Past President Ed Bravo and FNGLA CEO Ben Bolusky. FNGLA was honored to receive the IFAS Industry Partnership Award. FNGLA values its strong bonds with UF/IFAS and continues to look forward to see the future results of all of the incredible research and education IFAS conducts each and every day throughout our state. In other news, I wish to acknowledge FNGLA’s staff certification team, Merry Mott and Gary Weitermann, and, of course, FNGLA’s ‘Education Czar’ Stefan Liopiros, for knocking it out of the park at last month’s inaugural LINC Conference in Daytona Beach Shores. This conference brought together roughly 130 agriculture educators and industry professionals from across our state to share industry struggles to find qualified employees and to work together to prepare students for engaging and rewarding careers in our industry. FNGLA’s Immediate Past President Will Womack also represented our industry well as he spoke as part of a LINC panel on ways to bridge some of the gaps. Big thanks to the team for putting such a great FNGLA foot forward! Shawn Fall 2019 | Greenline

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‘LINC’ing With Agriculture Florida Agriculture Educators ‘LINC’ With Industry Professionals at Inaugural Conference By MERRY MOTT The three-day conference included roughly a dozen educational sessions on what employers look for in potential employees; how young people seeking jobs and careers can market their earned professional certifications; and, how teachers and our industry can work together to provide students the skills necessary for a successful career in Florida’s nursery, landscape and agriculture industries. The conference also served up many networking opportunities for educators to interact with industry professionals in a bid to compare notes, make connections, and pair together for future plans on assisting teacher and students. Several sponsors also stepped up to show their support for this endeavor including Arazoza Brothers and Isuzu. FNGLA’s own ‘Education Czar’ Stefan Liopiros (Big Trees Plantation, Newberry) and FNGLA Past President Will Womack (Southern Garden Solutions, Tampa) also participated in the program. Thanks to the overwhelming support and great turnout, LINC organizers expect a second LINC conference to take place sometime in the fall of 2020. For more information on LINC, please visit the conference’s Facebook page. •

ore than 130 agriculture educators and industry pros converged in Daytona Beach Shores in September for a weekend of bridge-building as part of the inaugural LINC Conference. An acronym for ‘Linking our Industry Networks through Certification,’ LINC represents a partnership between FNGLA, Florida Farm Bureau’s AEST and the Florida Aquaculture Association. The mission? To bridge the gap between industry labor needs and an educated workforce, according to Merry Mott, FNGLA’s director of certification and career development. “This is an opportunity for educators and professionals to network and engage to ensure our agriculture, horticulture and landscape educators are prepared to fulfill their role – to meet the industry’s future workforce needs,” Mott says.

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operators and landscape professionals. That close connection is important when an emergency pops up like the hibiscus bud weevil. There’s no time to waste when a pest that threatens untold millions of dollars in damage arrives. Ben and I and our organizations are mobilizing research money to get the science to protect hibiscus growers. We expect that unfortunately, members will be able to provide our entomologist with plenty of weevils and infested plants, while others will grant her access to their nurseries to field test solutions. That can only happen fast when there’s a pre-existing relationship. That relationship also includes government – in this case the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Division of Plant Industry. It’s the three leggedstool of academia-industry-governINDUSTRY PARTNERS - FNGLA CEO Ben Bolusky receives the 2019 Industry Partner Award from UF/IFAS Dean of Research ment that represents the land-grant Rob Gilbert in recognition of FNGLA’s support. UF/IFAS PHOTO BY TYLER JONES mission in action. I’ve built a lot of things in nearly a decade at UF/IFAS. There have been don’t exactly have a bucket list going, but there are a few things I really want to ribbon cuttings for research stations, do before I retire as leader of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and greenhouses, student residences, even a man made reef. When I reAgricultural Sciences. One is “Formally at the Tropical Plant International Expo flect on my legacy, though, I think of thank FNGLA.” A corollary to that is or The Landscape Show. Or from any things like decades-old relationships “Make Ben put on a tie.” Horticulture Career Day for our stuthat I was entrusted with and built I got to do both late last month when dents. upon. UF/IFAS recognized FNGLA as its 2019 This is the way the land-grant model As long as FNGLA has existed, it industry partner. Yes, Ben wore a tie to is supposed to work. Universities dishas been there for UF/IFAS. I’m glad accept. So did Shawn Thomas and Ed cover and deliver the science relevant to to have had the chance to acknowlBravo. Since UF/IFAS bases its claims on the working people in their state. Those edge that at our Dinner of Distincevidence, see accompanying photo. people and industries in turn support tion last month. In all seriousness, we could have run the university with time, talent, treasure, We handed the plaque to Ben and old photographs from 2006, when FNand constant feedback to keep the acaEd and Shawn, but I asked Ben for GLA was the driving force behind the demics focused on science that matters. the space this month to thank all of Legislature’s establishment and funding We get that feedback through FNGyou. So many of you have been such of the UF/IFAS Center for Landscape LA representatives serving on the UF/ great supporters. When leadership Conservation and Ecology. Or from IFAS Florida Agriculture Council, the changes at UF/IFAS, we don’t forget. • 2014, when FNGLA citrus nursery diformer Center for Landscape Conservision members helped raise the monvation and Ecology Advisory Board, the Jack Payne is the University of Floriey for a citrus greenhouse at the Mid Florida-Friendly Landscape™ Advisory da’s senior vice president for agriculFlorida Research and Education Center Board, and the Doctor of Plant Mediture and natural resources and leader in Apopka. cine External Advisory Committee. We of the Institute of Food and AgriculOr from any year that FNGLA gave also get it from everyday encounters tural Sciences. UF/IFAS floor space to share our science between Extension agents and nursery

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TLS • FEATURE

A Green Affair: The 2019 Landscape Show Brings Industry Together

ore than 6,500 nursery and landscape professionals converged in Orlando in September for three days of networking, professional development - and inspiration. Produced by the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, The Landscape Show’s theme this year was, “Get Your Green On,” an invitation which sought to play on the current exploding consumer trend involving seeking wellness within green spaces. In addition to 25 workshops on topics including landscaping, management, irrigation and design, the show also offered virtually endless possibilities for attendees to view the newest plant material. The massive show floor featured over 200,000 square feet – nearly five acres – of trees, shrubs, flowering plants and more from 400 exhibiting companies in 850 booth spaces. The three-day industry event was also host to three award presentations where top landscape projects, innovative, “Cool Products” at the Show, and creative exhibitors were recognized. FNGLA is the nation’s largest state nursery and landscape association, representing Florida’s environmental horticulture industry which generates $21 billion total output sales and directly employs 232,000 people (2015). For more information on The Landscape Show, visit www.thelandscapeshow.org. •

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Landscape Awards •‌ FEATURE

FNGLA Announces 2019 Winners A

select handful of exceptional landscape projects across Florida were honored in September during The 2019 Landscape Show in Orlando. Landscape contractors, designers and architects were recognized for their outstanding projects which included new landscape installations, renovations, and maintenance undertakings. Presented to the year’s impressive entries were three top-tier accolades: FNGLA’s Roy Rood Award, FNGLA’s Floriculture Award, and the Florida-Friendly Landscape™ Award. Eight Environmental Stewardship recognitions were also bestowed upon projects

in acknowledgment of their effective environmental stewardship, ecological sustainability and/or adaptation to local conditions (e.g., wetland mitigations, dune or wildlife habitat restorations, re-establishment/enhancement of conservation areas or natural preserves). The FNGLA Landscape Awards Program was established in 1970 to recognize landscape excellence in Florida. Forty-nine years later, FNGLA is still celebrating “the best of the best” by recognizing projects and businesses which excel in creating some of the best landscapes in Florida. Here are the 2019 winners:

Roy Rood Award, Floriculture and Landscape Installation/Renovation Awards Villa De Plantas, Pensacola, FL Landscape Contractor: Heroman Services Plant Co. and Outdoor Expressions Landscape Architect: Cerys Heroman, RLA, Heroman Services Plant Company, and Allan Sturletz, RLA, Creative Scapes, Inc. The objective was to create from over an acre of undeveloped waterfront property a Mediterranean landscape to complement the recently renovated, nineteenth century-inspired Spanish farmhouse. Fall 2019 | Greenline

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Florida Friendly Landscaping™ Award 1915 Sheffield Avenue Residence, Marco Island, FL Landscape Contractor and Designer: Andrew Kirlin Objective and challenges included using as many continuously blooming year-round, or most of year blooming, long-life plants and trees as possible all together in order to maximize landscaping color without looking messy or weedy.

Landscape Installation/Renovation Award S.R. 408 Raised Median Project (Gov’t/Public Category) Landscape Contractor: Groundtek of Central Florida Landscape Architect: Central FL Expressway Authority During the 2007 widening of SR 408 through downtown Orlando, over two miles of raised median planters filled with a wide variety of plant material were created.

Landscape Installation/Renovation Award A1A Oakland Park to Flamingo (Gov’t/Public Category) Landscape Contractor: Landscape Service Pros Landscape Architect: Atkins North America, Inc. This project was the redesign of the sidewalks, bike lanes, medians, and paver walkways along A1A from E. Oakland Park Blvd. to Flamingo Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

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Landscape Installation/Renovation Award McCain Residence, Vero Beach, FL Landscape Contractor: Hayslip Landscape Landscape Architect: August Schwartz This newly constructed residence, on a half-acre, 100 foot-wide property faces ocean-fronting east, a challenging environment for landscapes.

Landscape Irrigation Award (New Install) 8th Avenue Expansion, Newberry, FL Landscape Contractor: Big Trees Plantation, Newberry Landscape Designer: Ed Bravo, Big Trees Plantation, Newberry, FL The objective was to transition from hundreds of acres of green spaces, street treescapes, and pedestrian landscape esplanades with traditional irrigation sprays and rotors to full compliance with the Florida Water Star criteria separating high and low volume irrigation.

Landscape Maintenance Award (Residential) Riverwalk at Lago Mar, Plantation, FL Landscape Contractor: Landscape Service Professionals, Inc. Riverwalk at Lago Mar is a small, but high-end townhouse community within Plantation, Florida.

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Landscape Awards ‌• FEATURE Special ProjectFuture Builders of America Leadership Summit, Haines City, FL Landscape Contractor: Volunteers and students Landscape Designer: Stefan Liopiros, Big Trees Plantation, Gainesville, FL This project to beautify the front-facing side of this training facility was 100 percent volunteer-conceived and completed. It was implemented over the course of a year in three phases. In addition to the new landscape plants, a paver walkway between buildings was also installed. Student and teacher volunteers from the Future Builders of America, were under the direction during different phases by industry professionals including: Stefan Liopiros (Big Trees Plantation); Will Womack (Southern Garden Solutions); Ed Bravo (Big Trees Plantation); JR Reiner (Reliable Peat); and, Maria Muhlhahn (West Bay Landscape). the entire project was coordinated by FNGLA with plants, supplies, tools and irrigation materials donated by FNGLA members.

Environmental Stewardship Recognitions • Donor Island, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens – Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens/Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens • S.R. 408 Raised Median Project – Orlando – Central Florida Expressway Authority/Groundtek of Central Florida • 8th Avenue Expansion – Newberry, FL – Ed Bravo/Big Trees Plantation • 1915 Sheffield Avenue Residence – Marco Island, FL – Andrew Kirlin • Future Builders of America Leadership Summit – Haines City, FL – Students and volunteers: Lawn Enforcement Agency/Southern Garden Solutions/Big Tree Plantations/Reliable Peat/West Bay Landscape • S.R. 429/ S.R. 414 System Interchange Landscape Improvements Phase II – Central Florida Expressway Authority/ Arazoza Brothers Corp • Babcock Neighborhood School – Babcock Ranch, FL – Waldrop Engineering, R. Grant Wilbanks P.A./O’Donnell Landscape Inc. • Main Entry Rejuvenation Project – Bonita Springs, FL – Bruce Howard and Associates/O’Donnell Landscape Inc. 18

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t’s a typical fall Wednesday morning in October as Kim Kerby performs her morning routine around her retail garden center. With all the excitement in the air on this particular morning, though, you’d think it was already Christmas, though. A new

shipment of plants has just arrived at the 12-acre spread, and this second-generation owner is huddled over the delivery carts peering on with youthful glee. Off the company delivery truck comes two rolling dollies bearing a variety of trending interiorscape plants, wrapped in chic, matte brown paper. What’s particularly tickling Kim’s fancy this morning is the trays of tiny potted succulents.

Late this morning, with the help of their close-knit, 12-member staff, each of these new arrivals will make their way around the property to each specially divided, ready for customers walking along the winding, wooden boardwalk path to discover them. That Ikea-inspired boardwalk path snaking throughout the garden center part of the property was one of the first features

Kim and her husband, Joey, installed (themselves, mind you) after officially taking over the reins from Kim’s father, Larry, around 2007. Kim’s parents bought the property, which sits on the border of Brandon and Seffner, and opened Kerby’s as a two-anda-half-acre retail nursery in 1980, when Kim was three. But Larry’s love of plants stretches way back into his youth, Kim recalls. “There’s stories of him with a little >>

Continued ‌• FEATURE red wagon pulling plants down the street in Seminole heights in Tampa, here selling plants,” she says, with a smile. “It just kind of carried on into his adulthood, and at some point, there were more plants in the backyard, and pots, than my mom wanted.” Thus, Kerby’s Nursery, a plant refuge, located within a short drive to Downtown Tampa, was born. It almost goes without saying that Kim grew up in the nursery. In fact, in the early days, the family even lived in a quaint old house with a big front porch located on property. Kim remembers growing up surrounded by azaleas and citrus trees – the plants of the moment in the 80s and 90s – watering row after row of different plant varieties, and occasionally even helping customers. It was also where Kim and Joey, now married more than a decade, grew close during their teen years. “The way you got to spend time with me in the springtime was you came and spent time at the nursery,” Kim remembers. In fact, Joey spent almost as much time in the family nursery as Kim. Their love story began at Hillsborough High and flourished among the plants in the nursery. “He and I would stay after and pull weeds in the back greenhouse,” Kim remembers. After earning her bachelor’s degree in international business and mass communications from the University of Florida, Kim set her sights on innovating the family business. Joey, fresh off a semester in Paris, and with a computer science degree tucked under his arm from Georgia Tech, also couldn’t resist the call of the plant life they’d both grown up around and loved so dearly. That vision became a reality after Larry announced on his 60th birthday his plans to retire. Kim and Joey officially stepped into the role they’d been seemingly groomed for. Kim was 21. In addition to installing the wooden walkways, Kim set out to add more signage to plants, create a line of pottery and increase the company’s focus on marketing. The goal is to create an inspirational experience for customers to explore the garden center, and picking out pieces which will bring joy to their own homes. These days, you’ll usually find the couple’s daughters, Abigail, 8, and Madelyn, 6, working alongside their parents around the garden center. In fact, Kim tells a story of Abigail, a confident young horticulture pro, never missing the chance to chat with customers – and perhaps talk them into a plant or two – something Kim’s mom remembers her also doing as a young girl. “I heard her telling a lady she really wanted red Pentas, not pink, because red was better for the butterflies,” Joey adds with a father’s proud smile. As fall begins to wander into the nursery in the form of wispy breezes and morning fog, a collection of pumpkins have been thoughtfully interspersed between overflowing pots of mums, corn husks, and hay bales. The garden center includes a wide array of several thousand plant varieties and sizes, which the couple, over the years has come to think of in terms of dedicated sections. Up front, near the entrance off the parking lot is where the landscape plants live including sunshine Ligustrum

– a current best-seller, line sizzler firebush, and other bright foliage. Further on down, lies Joey’s personal favorite area, the fruit walk. We’re not just talking your citrus and occasional kumquat trees. This area includes more than 75 different varieties of fruit trees including a handful of mango varieties, olive trees, turkey figs, mulberry, and avocado trees. And, a personal favorite which Joey can’t help himself on this morning from jumping off the path to pick from is a coffee bean tree. Among the plants and pots, also lie a few family landmarks of great intrinsic value. Kim points to one old favorite, a towering live oak which began as a ball in burlap-wrapped variety Larry placed in the nursery for at one point. Memories are fuzzy on whether it was simply a tree which never sold, or it was gifted to the nursery. In any event, it never left. “Until recently, you could still see the old burlap on it,” Kim says, pushing back some of the plants for sale around the trunk to see if she could still locate some. “It sat here and it rooted, and now it’s a tree we’re kind of known for.” Ultimately, it’s this tree which has become a customer favorite giving the nursery a piece of its authenticity and warmth. Joey, staring on at this stalwart tree, with its gnarling branches, and resurrection fern hanging from nearly every branch, even gets a little nostalgic. “Everybody today wants trees straight and perfect, but it’s trees like this that give character.” Furthering their mission to make the garden center into an experience for customers, the pair has recently begun holding gardening classes in a greenhouse tucked among the ferns and succulents’ in a shady section of the nursery. The couple’s girls even help out, manning an idyllically decorated lemonade stand on workshop evenings selling lemonade and cookies. The hope is to grow this family’s little patch of heaven into a community resource – a place to return to what matters. Maybe gather a few gardening tips, learn how to plant a dish garden – and pick up a few pots for one’s home entryway. That’s the vision of Kerby’s Kim and Joey hope to continue to foster. “We see it as being a place to make people successful in their gardens,” Kim says. “They’re’ on a stroll, their walking around, doing something with their hands, kind of getting back to nature.” • Fall 2019 | Greenline

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Lindley’s Nursery & Garden Center New Smyrna Beach

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Selective Associates Inc/SAI Insurance Orlando

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