The 2014 Green Industry Training certification exam results are in and show our local green industry professionals employed in lawn and landscape, tree care, and grounds and park maintenance industries are qualified to provide Nevadans with nursery and landscape services. Businesses and organizations participating in one or all of the 2014 Green Industry Training program classes include:
- A Garden Gecko
- Arrowscape LLC
- City of Fernley
- Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program
- Garden Shop Nursery
- High Desert Garden Coach
- IBH
- Moana Nursery
- Rail City Garden Center
- Western Nevada College
Individuals receiving certification are:
- Alfonso Rios Reynoso
- Ben Williams, Moana Nursery
- Bob Mack, Arrowscape LLC
- Brian Eubanks, Moana Nursery
- Briana McDowell, Moana Nursery
- Celeste Mills
- Christopher Lindeman, Rail City Garden Center
- Cindy Zamora, Rail City Garden Center
- Dale Groves, City of Fernley
- Dee Brahn, Rail City Garden Center
- Dennis L. Kempf, Moana Nursery
- Devon Johnson, Moana Nursery
- Elaine Hummel
- Emmett Brown, City of Fernley
- Ignacio Vasquez
- Jennifer Fox, Cooperative Extension Master Gardener
- Juan Carlos Ayala, Arrowscape LLC
- Karma Rivera, Arrowscape LLC
- Kimberly Doyle, Rail City Garden Center
- Kyle Rich, Moana Nursery
- Lena Harris
- Marnie Brennan, High Desert Garden Coach
- Natalie Fowkes
- Noe Flores, Garden Shop Nursery
- Randy Gahr, City of Fernley
- Teresa Smith, Rail City Garden Center
- Terri Hill
Green Industry Training is a series of entry-level classes, offered yearly in early spring, on topics important to the plant industry. Session topics vary each year and include classes on practical botany, soil and fertilizer management, lawns, irrigation management, weed law, weed identification, woody landscape plants, container plant management, plant insects, plant diseases and landscape design. Course participants can select individual classes that meet their needs or enroll in the entire course.
Classes are taught by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Horticulture faculty, staff and local industry professionals, and are held at the Cooperative Extension office in Reno, 4955 Energy Way, just off Rock Blvd.
