1 March 2021President's MessageDear IPPS Southern Region members,Thank you for taking the time to fill out our recent annual meeting survey. The information helped the Executive Committee greatly. I am thrilled to announce that we are moving forward with our annual in-person meeting in Mobile, AL o...
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Dr. Brian Jackson of North Carolina State University was recently chosen to receive one of the 2021 HRI research grants. “Investing in diverse, high-quality research is our mission,” said Jennifer Gray, HRI Administrator. “The 2021 projects selected from a competitive batch of grant applicatio...
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Dr. Patricia Knight grew up in the family nursery operation in east-central Alabama. She earned a B.S. from Auburn University in Ornamental Horticulture in 1991, with an emphasis on Landscape Design. She remained at Auburn for her M.S. degree, awarded in 1994, and her thesis focused on nutrition and...
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A little over five years ago, IPPS profoundly altered the course of my horticultural journey. I didn’t even know what IPPS was back then, but it played an important role in helping me reach where I am now.As an undergraduate I majored in psychology and completed all the pre-requisites for medical ...
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Dr. David Creech 2020 Southern Region FellowDr. David Creech,Stephen F. Austin State University professor emeritus of agriculture and director of SFA Gardens, Nacogdoches, Texas, is recognized as the 2020 Southern Region Fellow.Dr. Creech is a longtime member of IPPS-SR and served as president in 20...
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Dr. Gary Knox 2020 Sidney B. Meadows Award RecipientDr. Gary Knox is a professor of environmental horticulture and nursery crops extension specialist at the University of Florida/IFAS at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Quincy, FL is recognized as the 2020 Sidney B. Meadows...
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Saunders Brothers, Inc. and NewGen® Boxwood, introduced by Saunders Genetics, LLC, were instrumental in the renovation of the White House Rose Garden, unveiled to the public by First Lady Melania Trump on Saturday, August 22, 2020. The iconic space had changed very little since 1962 and a major ove...
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Dennis Niemeyer and his wife Joani Lawarre will be receiving the Order of the Long Leaf Pine presented by NC Commissioner Steve Troxler. The presentation will be online via Zoom and Facebook Live.WHEN: 11:30 a.m. September 16, 2020 (presentation should be around 30 minutes).Zoom link:Please click th...
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THE 2020 Southern Region annual conference in Tulsa, OK rescheduled for 2023Dear IPPS Southern Region members,Thank you all for participating in the membership survey included in our last newsletter. Your insights helped guide the Executive Committee to make the exceedingly difficult and disapp...
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by Lis MeyerIPPS Southern Region is about to get a whole new kind of student member! Student membership has been extended to students enrolled in the Soldier to Agriculture (STAG) program, a program that represents a partnership between NC State University and Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. This pr...
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