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Industry Donation Transplants
into Student Involvement
Over 10,000
plant plugs were donated to the Atwater FFA by
Hines Horticulture in Chowchilla. The plugs were
surplus plants that needed to be transplanted
into larger 4” containers. After a few telephone
calls, students from the Ag Leadership class
teamed up together and volunteered their efforts
to get over 8000 of the plants transplanted and
situated in the Atwater High School horticulture
facility.
“Hines
Horticulture provided our program with a
tremendous resource to get students involved in
horticulture and provide a funding source
through the sales of the plants in six weeks to
purchase equipment and supplies for the
agriculture students,” said FFA advisor Dave
Gossman, “I was very proud of the efforts and
enthusiasm of our students in taking time off
from their summer vacation to get the plants
transplanted.”
The plant
plugs are various flowering annuals that will be
available for the community to purchase in
mid-September. The annual October Atwater FFA
Plant Sale is scheduled mid October and those
plants will arrive at the beginning of September
for students to transplant. “Any opportunity to
support students and provide a resource to
generate interest and enthusiasm in the
horticulture industry is always a win-win
situation between our company and local
schools,” said Hines Horticulture representative
Shelly Head.
Written By: Mekayla Coughran, Atwater FFA
August 2009 |
