2023 Scholarship Recipients WSNLA Scholarship & Research Charitable Fund Continues to Cultivate the Future of the Industry.

Caitlin Capistron

Walters Family Scholarship & Fred Palmer Scholarship, $1500 School: Edmonds Community College

Focus of Study: ATA Landscape Design

Anticipated Graduation: September 2024

My goal is to have my own landscape design and maintenance business. I have gained so much personally from having gardens and would love to encourage other people’s connection with the natural world while creating and maintain beautiful spaces.

Alex Danieli

Olympic Chapter Scholarship, $375 School: Lake WA Institute of Technology

Focus of Study: Associates of Applied Sciences, Horticulture

Anticipated Graduation: July 2023

For career goals, I plan to start at a greenhouse then work in arboriculture, turf management and environmental engineering down the line.

Emily Magee

Leno Bassett Scholarship & Jim Brown Scholarship, $1500 School: Edmonds Community College

Focus of Study: Landscape design degree and urban agriculture certificate

Anticipated Graduation: March 2023

Through my classes at Edmonds, I have honed my perspective on landscape design and have developed a passion for ecological and restorative design. Eventually, I would like to start a business with a focus on ecological residential landscape design, incorporating edible plants.

Breanna Moravec

Marland Edwards Scholarship & George Gillett Scholarship, $1500 School: Edmonds Community College

Focus of Study: Landscape Design

Anticipated Graduation: April 2024

About a year ago I started creating and implementing small designs for a few of my maintenance clients and have grown to produce bigger projects since then. I decided to further my education in landscape design by attending the Edmonds College landscape design program so I can continue to grow and further educate myself and the clients I work with. My goal is to specialize in sustainable and native landscape designs so I can make a positive impact on our ecological habitat within my community.

Jeffrey Oliver

Peter Van Well Sr. Scholarship & Bert Snyder Scholarship, $1500 School: Edmonds Community College

Focus of Study: Sustainable Landscape Management

Anticipated Graduation: Winter 2023

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Edmonds, and I have especially enjoyed learning about trees, with a focus on fruit trees. One possible career path would be to own or work at a nursery that specializes in grafted fruit trees. I plan on becoming an arborist as well, to help protect and save the beautiful trees in our area.

Joanna Oliver

Junkoh Harui Scholarship & Ray Holmason Scholarship, $1500 School: Edmonds Community College

Focus of Study: Landscape Design

Anticipated Graduation: Summer 2023

I am very excited to start my career as a landscape designer and see the transformations in gardens and in people’s lives. My goal is to find a company who shares my goals and values in creating sanctuary and helping people heal through the power of plants. Gardening has helped me through the hardest times in my life and I would like to help others find that healing as well.

Rachel Taylor

Herbert & Marion Frost Scholarship & Windsor Bond Scholarship, $1500 School: Eastern Oregon University

Focus of Study: Bachelors of Science: Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Anticipated Graduation: June 2024

My goal for employment is to work within the tree fruit industry, whether that is at a fruit warehouse, nursery or my own orchard.

The South Seattle Community College Arboretum, Arboretum

Management Internship

Rosso Scholarship, $2750

This position was created to ensure continuity in the care and management of the Arboretum, through student participation. The student intern oversees regular maintenance of the Arboretum, volunteer work parties with the public, supervises other student interns and volunteers and assists in plant installations and garden renovations. The Arboretum is a fiveacre laboratory for South’s Landscape/ Horticulture students. It also serves as a public garden for the students, faculty, community, and the Green Industry. The collection of plants includes many used in the CPH examination and we have always encouraged and welcome candidates to browse the gardens in their studies.

The Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Retail Sales Internship.

Ray Holmberg Scholarship, $2,000

This internship introduces horticulture students to the practical aspects of managing a retail nursery through their actual management of the RSBG Garden Gift Shop Nursery located near the entrance to the RSBG. The Retail

Internship is designed to augment classroom training with actual work experience. The student will work with RSBG staff to price and arrange plants available for sale, assess effective plant sale strategies, and maintain the sales areas in an attractive and professional manner. Students have the opportunity to work with unusual and rare plants and to take into consideration their care and landscape uses and to use this knowledge to assist our customers as they consider possible purchases from our extensive collection of unusual materials.

Elisabeth C Miller Library, for reference materials.

Olympic Chapter Scholarship: $502

The Plant Lover’s backyard Forest Garden by Pippa Chapman; The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food by Chris McLaughlin; Gardening in a Changing World: Plants, People and the Climate Crisis by Darryl Moore; The Climate Change Garden: Down to Earth Advice by Sally Morgan and Kim Stoddart; The Container Victory Garden: A Beginner’s

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