2018 Western Awards, new WNLA board elected

Last week at the 2018 Western trade show, several leaders in the horticulture industry received awards. At a reception celebrating Plants With Purpose, the following awards were presented:

Western Legend 

Anna Caroline Ball

Ball Horticultural Company

Emerging Leader 

Thomas Minter

Loma Vista Nursery

Employee of the Year 

David West

Cedar Valley Nurseries

Outstanding State Association Leader Awards 

Missouri

Anne McKinstry

McKinstry Sales

Kansas

Lyndsi Oestmann

Loma Vista Nursery

Oklahoma

Chris Ferris

Southwood Landscape & Garden Center

Nebraska

posthumously to Harlan Hamernik

Bluebird Nursery

The Jim Peckosh Greening of the Midwest Memorial

"On With Life" Therapeutic Grounds Project

On With Life, a non-profit organization in Ankeny, Iowa, is transforming 1.5 acres of green space on its Ankeny campus into multi-faceted outdoor ADA-accessible therapeutic grounds that will provide sensory stimulation experiences, therapeutic challenges and respite for those living with brain injury.

New Board of Directors

Also, the 2018 Board of Directors of the Western Nursery & Landscape Association was elected at the 128th annual Business Meeting in Kansas City, as part of the Western trade show.

President: Jonathan Cude - Sedan Floral, Inc. 

Vice President:  Jennifer Schamber, Greenscape Gardens

Secretary/Treasurer:  Tim McDonnell, Kansas Forest Service

Directors: Randy Davis, Greenleaf Nursery Company

   Matt Stueck, Suburban Lawn & Garden

   Heather Byers, Great Plains Nursery

   Virgil Widger, Country Landscapes

   Guadalupe (Lupe) Rios, Forrest Keeling Nursery

Ex Officio: Jeffrey Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company