Congratulations to all of this year's winners! Best Booth Awards
Best Booth--Alta Falls Irv and Ben Geffre did a really nice job on their Alta Falls booth, as always, and received the First Place Best Booth Award! Second Place Best Booth--Dakota College at Bottineau Keith Knutson, Apryl Nylander, and their students from Dakota College in Bottineau teamed up to receive the Second Place Best Booth Award this year. Third Place Best Booth--Central Landscape
Herman and Pauli Roerick set up another excellent Central Landscape display to win the Third Place Best Booth Award. Scholarship Winners Harry C. Baker Memorial Scholarship The 2019 – 2020 recipient of the Harry C. Baker Memorial Scholarship at
NDSU is Tran Zerface of Jamestown, ND. Tran is a
senior majoring in Horticulture with an emphasis in Sports and Urban Turfgrass Management. Tran’s
goal is to work at either a golf course or a soccer facility after graduation. Nicholas N. Boehm Scholarship at Dakota College in Bottineau There were 2
recipients of the Nicholas N. Boehm Scholarship. Zach Barnett
started in the industry at Lowe’s Floral & Garden of Minot in the
spring of 2014. He currently works with the Minot Park District
since 2016. Zach plans to keep working for the Park District with
the hope it will become full time. Isaac Perman is employed at Fort Stevenson State Park during the summer months as Dock Manager. His job is to fix docks and the rental boats in addition to planting trees in the trail system. Isaac is studying Horticulture and Forestry, and his goal is to work for the Corps of Engineers. Landscape Design Contest 1st Place - Commercial Division Minot Park District Troy Regstad and Jeremy Bickel 1st Place - Residential Front Yard Division 1st Place – Residential Back Yard Division Hebron Brick Laura Bowles – Designer Mike Diemert – Foreman 1st Place Softscape Division Dakota OutdoorScapes McKenzie Lawler – Designer Claudio Martinez - Foreman Display Contest 1st Place – Plant Materials Division
Dorian Waller, Lowe’s Garden Center 1st Place – Hardgoods Division Sarah Liljestrand, Holland’s Landscaping & Garden Center |