portunities abound in horticulture
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jture is big biz' in rain country,
mortunities abound, according to
s,second-year horticulture instruc-
College.
dent who is really hot for horti-
ho pays attention and works hard
tto be well-qualified—hence well-
¡employee in one year," he said.
¡ye positions available for skilled
¡led workers in nurseries and yard-
iwe can't fill," Evans said.
¡tided that there is work available
nts with an interest in growing
the Clairmont horticulture area,
j includes trees, turf, vegetables,
flowers, all of which need "TLC."
otto make this area a show place,"
Id,"But we have very few students
Istudy. They're all too busy with
projects."
¡understandable, since the College's
re facilities are the most complete
œording to Evans and Dave Myers,
re veteran.
^•instructor horticulture départ
it its disposal about a dozen acres
crops, three greenhouses, a lath
iod a field nursery on Robbins
Evans, a 26-year-old native of Washington
state, and a graduate of University of Calif
ornia at Berkeley and Davis, first became
interested in horticulture while attending
Merritt Junior College at Oakland, Calif.
¡other two local colleges that offer
Sure, Evans said, Portland Community
focuses mainly on turf maintenance
tape design, and Mt. Hood is rather
inall aspects of horticulture.
itheir programs are full with wait
ed we still have room for more,"
id.
(persons interested in growing things
ling seem to go directly to work in
pceship-type positions for local nur-
They just don't know what they're
, Evans said.
t they miss is an opportunity to
te important theories behind what
doing, with seven to 13 hours per
|fpracticum and a wide-open oppor-
toconcentrate on projects of personal
IB," Evans said.
happen to be the pilferer who stole
teat pumpkin" from the horticulture
In patch or snitched table grapes
kto the College arboretum to identify
(mens, you've seen a few of the
|s that horticulture students are in
in.
le are turf plots which offer compar-
idifferent types of turf and formal
s with roses and other flowers—as
oneofthe two All American Selection
(Gardens in the Northwest—the other
(Victoria, B.C.
insapplied to receive specimens for the
erican Display Garden. These are
and vegetables judged best in gardens
jhoutthe country and submitted to the
(lit All-American orgnaization, which
sseeds to the display gardens.
(year's big success for this particular
iaemed to be pumpkins, and CCC en-
JV to entice the public to visit the
Garden, Unfortunately, the great
tin of short-lived TV fame was snatched
^before Halloween, and wasn't there
pisitors came to see it.
• the display garden, we grow past
kent winners, plus a preview of up-
dinners," Evans said. "These might
pyexpensive to buy, and we're glad we
pthem for everyone to enjoy. It's a
nice and gives people a chance to
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Katie Checkley (top), a freshman in horticulture, displays two different plants that are
being distributed in administrative offices as Lee VanAntwerp, sophomore, is instructed
by Phil Evans, horticulture teacher, in the finer points of plant trimming.
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He is gung-ho on greens and on turning out
skilled horticulturists in CCC's two-year pro
gram.
"People into landscape maintenance and
installation get their choice of plots to work
on as their own for a year. In nursery
propagation, they make cuttings and gather
and treat seeds of trees for dormancy, and
grow them. In greenhouse crop production,
we concentrate on foliage and flower crops
such as azalea and chrysanthemums, and
gearing them to market demand," Evans
said.
"We discuss plant growth in relation to
environment and the interaction between
soil and water, temperature and humidity,
and light.
"In practical life," Evans said, "you have
to be able to identify and analyze the
relative importance of insects, pests and
nutrition deficiencies. We are mediators be
tween weather and plants, you could say."
The horticulture department teaches the
sizable difference between growing plants in
containers and outdoors—it's more than one
being inside and one out—all relationships in
fertilizer and watering are altered.
Greenhand—not necessarily green thumb
students learn greenhouse construction tech
niques and how to operate and repair com
mon gardening equipment, as well as how to
prescribe and safely apply pesticides.
Evans is open to experimenters, should
anyone wish to say, test biologic or organic
pest control methods, create new flower
varieties, or share the College greenhouse
to grow an exotic bloom.
There is a horticulture club which needs
to be activated and Evans hopes the horti
culture department will host a flower show
between winter and spring terms, when
everyone is ready to devour some beautiful
blossoms with their drizzle-weary, study-
strained eyes.
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