Western Piedmont Community College - First Annual Horticulture Scholarship
The Appalachian Naturescapes Annual Scholarship will help students pursuing a horticulture and/or design degree meet their educational expenses. To qualify for the $1,000 annual scholarship, students must be enrolled in a horticulture and/or design program at WPCC with a minimum of six credit hours, must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress standards as determined by the college and must demonstrate financial need.
The fund was established by Carl Meyers Jr. and Terrel Knutson, co-owners of the Appalachian Naturescapes landscaping company. Meyers and Knutson met when they were both horticuture students at North Carolina State University in the 1990's according to the business' website. The pair also co-own a sister company called Wind River Growers, LLC, a nursery specializing in growing hard-to-find plants and trees.
"We are happy to be partnering with WPCC in our inaugural year, offering a $1,000 annual scholarhip to horticulture and landscape design students, "Meyers and Knutson said in a joint statment. "(We) know the financial burdens on students while following their dreams of working in this industry. It has been 26 years now in the making (of) creating landscape in Burke and surrounding counties, growing our scope and size of our projects. We encourage applicants to apply for this scholarship."
To apply, students should visit the Western Piedmont Foundation's website at wpcc.edu/foundation. The foundaiton is an incorporated, nonprofit organization that exists to encourage and develop public and private support for Western Piedmont Community College beyond that provided by county, state, and federal funds.
Meyers and Knutson encouraged people interested in a horticulture or landscaping career to visit their website, www.appalachiannaturescapes.com, to explore job opportunities there.
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APPALACHIAN NATURESCAPES FEATURED ON UNC-TV
"In the Garden With Bryce Lane" segment aired Oct 6, 2012
MORGANTON, NC (October 22, 2012) – Custom landscape designs Appalachian Naturescapes was the focus of the Oct. 6, 2012 segment of UNC TV's "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" television show. Check out the video on UNCTV's website!
Filmed on site at Appalachian Naturescape's Morganton facilities, the broadcast aired on local UNC-TV channels.
Bryce Lane, the host of "In the Garden," is a national award-winning instructor in the Department of Horticultural Science at N.C. State University. A perennially popular teacher, Lane has earned the University's Outstanding Teacher Award three times.
He's been with N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Science since 1981. In 1987, he was named the Department's undergraduate coordinator, responsible for day-to-day operation of the two-year and four-year academic programs. From 1997 to 1999, he served as interim director of the JC Raulston Arboretum.
Appalachian Naturescapes owners Carl Meyers and Terrel Knutson earned degrees in Landscape Design and Horticulture from N.C. State University in 1996.
"Bryce was one of our professors in college and we've had a relationship with him since," Meyers said. "We see him every year at trade shows and we speak to his classes every year about the transition from the (NCSU) program to the real world."
Bryce's crew spent about a week in Morganton during June 2012 filming Meyers, Knutson and other Appalachian Naturescapes staff as they worked on various projects.
"We had a blast with him," Meyers said. "We went to a job site and he was able to document a true work-in-progress project. We were proud to have been on camera and to feature some of our finest work."
"In the Garden" is a 30-minute weekly educational program hosted by Lane. It introduces viewers to the science behind gardening. Additionally, the series is offered in three 26-week seasons as a college course through the NCSU's continuing education program. Viewers will learn the fundamentals of horticulture -- how plants grow, plant identification, home landscaping techniques and information and ideas they can use in and around their homes. Locally owned and managed, Appalachian Naturescapes installs and maintains landscapes and gardens for residential and industrial properties.
