UBC Botanical Garden is pleased to announce our new provincially-accredited Horticulture Training Program with the endorsement of Industry Training Authority of BC (ITA) and the Industry Training Organization, HortEducationBC (HEBC).
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August 23, 2012
Kwantlen Polytechnic University student Grant Steinberg is one of 30 students from across Canada and the United States to win a $500 Jacobsen Turfgrass Scholarship. The scholarships are awarded to students entering their final year in a full-time turfgrass management program.
Read more: Kwantlen Student wins International Turfgrass Scholarship
Turf students built a soccer field for our fall ‘Yard Reno Makeover’, core-topdressed Langley Lawn Bowl, repaired Langley’s Barbour Field bullpen and renovated Langley’s Michaud Heritage House lawn. Their fundraising efforts allowed for student attendance at the Victoria WCTA Conference, where their activities generated over $2,000 for turfgrass research. Kwantlen Turf Club capped the year with a recent $500 donation to turfgrass research.
Read more: Another Successful School Year Closes for Kwantlen Turfgrass Students
By Jordan Collins, Olds College Incoming Turf Club President
With summer quickly coming to a close, the 2nd year turf management “turfies”are getting ready to come back for another exciting year of school, and optimistically the most successful! I have found it has made a world of difference on the golf course having applied even just that first year of knowledge at work.
By Ian Morrow
Golf has long been thought of, as a “waster” of water but the reality is that the majority of water used is returned to the environment. The public perception is that the golf course industry has a negative impact on water quality in the environment. Since we are returning the water to the environment then the real question is; are we returning the water cleaner than we received it or not?
Read more: Olds College Builds New Wetland Treatment Research Facility