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Woodland High School nursery landscape team ranks fifth in nation
The Woodland High School FFA Nursery/Landscape Team recently took fifth in the nation in the National FFA Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event (CDE) held during the 79th National FFA Convention in Indiana.
The team, whose members include Kristi Klein, Kylie Harrell, Danielle Rusk, Chelsea Davenport, Ashley Vetter and Jon Leonard, was accompanied by their coach, Mary Ellen Vetter.
The National FFA Nursery and Landscape Career Development Event is a competitive activity in which FFA members test their knowledge and skills in nursery practices and landscaping. Contestants must complete a general knowledge exam testing horticultural principles including plant anatomy, production, marketing, turf, landscape design and maintenance. Each participant must also complete practicums involving a landscape drawing, landscape estimating, plant propagation or potting, identification of plants, disorders, and equipment.
The Woodland team competed on local and state levels to earn the privilege of representing Washington state at the National FFA Convention. Thirty-nine teams from across the nation competed against each other during the four day event at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind.