Horticulture Personal Statement

Before deciding where I wanted to do my service learning, I knew I wanted to do something that had some relevance to my degree that I will be receiving in healthcare management. I was eager to gain more experience and become more knowledgeable of how an organization operates as it relates to healthcare management. I was able to secure an opportunity to volunteer at the Dallas Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital. After completing the required VA forms, I got partnered with Mr. Alonzo Price Jr. who is a Management Analyst in Ambulatory Care, which is the department that oversees the Primary Care Providers.

In this essay, I will be taking on the role of the head administrator, of the Northumberland Community Garden. I will be writing a proposal letter to the American Community Gardens Association, to try and receive funding for the Northumberland Community Gardens. In this letter, I will give a basic outline of the program development stages, evaluation process, and financial aspects of my organization. I will also include other information that would be considered relevant to understanding my purpose for creating this program.

Horniman Horticulture faces increasing cash account difficulties. Cash accounts have continually been decreasing from years 2002 to 2005. Revenue growth for the business has risen by over 12 percent for years 2004 and 2005. The upcoming year of 2006 brings opportunities for expansion and increased revenue growth. The following plan outlines the state of the business and the suggested solutions to correct the cash flow problems.

Although Leopold’s love of great expanses of wilderness is readily apparent, his book does not cry out in defense of particular tracts of land about to go under the axe or plow, but rather deals with the minutiae, the details, of often unnoticed plants and animals, all the little things that, in our ignorance, we have left out of our managed acreages but which must be present to add up to balanced ecosystems and a sense of quality and wholeness in the landscape.

After graduate school, worked for a short while at the University of Missouri before obtaining a full-time position with Wohlenberg, Ritzman, and Co., LLC, the same auditing firm where I did my internship and worked part-time during my senior year of undergraduate school. I believed this would be a better gateway meeting my goal of working for a nonprofit. I traveled to and audited a variety of nonprofit and government organizations across the United States.

Making sure students get all the resources to succeed is important for Maple Woods. I talked with an academic adviser at Maple Woods about the benefits of building a farm on campus. Mrs. Denise Westrem is a veteran when it comes to the advising board here at Maple Woods. She agrees that adding horticulture to maple woods will help students on campus, but has some complications. Westrem said, ‘’ It 's a really cool and exciting topic, I can see it happening. Students will love being outside working hands on while learning.’’ All those ideas are both correct. A lot of students at Maple Woods always complain about class not being outside. When Western bought up how students get to learn hands on, that topic bought up two good points. One being that hands on work may make learning fun.

The two boys showed they were confidant and knowledgeable about gardening, for example they knew how to use a rake to mulch the garden and how to care for the plants (Elliott, 2014). As a future educator this example can be facilitated into a lesson by developing children’s knowledge on the environment, weather, and season pattern changes that cause the leaves to die and fall off trees (ACARA, 2015). Additionally, children also learn about composting and how these leaves provide essential nutrients to the soil for plants to grow and provide shelter and cover for animals and living things (ACARA, 2015). Children can also develop their science inquiry skills by questioning and predicting various trees and leaves and identify and analyse similarities and differences in the leaves by also using their senses to explore. Most importantly, by engaging children in the process of gardening, they begin to show respect for the environment and understand the importance of maintaining

Some aspects of Abigail Nguyen's design reference back to several great landscapes of history, such as Ancient Persia's Pasargadae or the Roman peristyle gardens. However, Ms. Nguyen does not just haphazardly imitate any forms and concepts that characterize these great landscapes. Instead, she thoughtfully considers how to properly translate them into a contemporary garden and therefore, chooses features that are appropriate to contemporary life. This demonstrates that Abigail Nguyen is not only a good designer, but well educated in her landscaping field.

For more than fifty years, Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) has been a vital part of life in the Okaloosa and Walton county areas. In addition to serving the community with adult education and college courses, NWFSC provides the Child Development & Education Center, Collegiate High School, AmeriCorps, Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, and Mattie M. Kelly Cultural & Environmental Institute. A natural extension of these programs would be an on campus NWFSC Garden. The dictionary definition of a garden is “1) a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated. 2) a piece of ground or other space, commonly with ornamental plants, trees, etc., used as a park or other public recreation

I want to build an enduring relationship with a mentor the way Lindsey Price talked about when she came to my high school. Similar to a curious younger sibling, I plan to pick my mentor’s brain for advice. Most importantly, I will be open to failure as a Greenhouse Scholar. My failure will not come from choices, but from taking risks. A mentor can push me to join new clubs, participate in school activities, and validate my failures. I will work hard until I reach failure so I can learn from my mistakes while knowing that my mentor will be there for instruction. By providing me a role model who will aid me through my college life, I can become the accomplished student and caring person I strive to be. The mentorship given to me by Greenhouse Scholars is a component that can have a vast impact on my goal to become an affable person who lands his dream

Notably by chance, when I became employed at a public library that I ascertained the engaging opportunities within the library sector and secured my current position as a Library Assistant. In my present position with the library, the training, workshops and

This case captures the problems concerning cash flow and working-capital management typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2005, Bob and Maggie Brown have completed their third year of operating Horniman Horticulture, a $1-million-revenue woody-shrub nursery in central Virginia. While experiencing booming demand and improving margins, the Browns are puzzled by their plummeting cash balance. The case highlights the difference between cash flow and accounting profits, as well as the common negative effects of growth on cash flow. It also provides a forum for instilling appreciation for the relevance of free cash flow to business owners and managers, introducing

Throughout my college and professional career I have gained many diverse and valuable experiences that have helped prepare me for a career in

My decision to pursue graduate study and research in the field of ecology comes from my aspiration to become a leading researcher. I feel that the knowledge what I have gained in this field is little. Therefore, to help me acquire a better understanding of this multi-faceted field of ecology, I would like to pursue my doctoral degree major in ecology.

The Japanese gardens is going to be the basis of my reflection paper with regards to the topic on reconnaissance. The Japanese gardens are small gardens with a certain unique landscape found especially in eastern japan. The Japanese gardens apart from being archaic, are existent to date. In major countries in the world today, it is next to impossible to find practices that have existed to date bearing in mind the speedy population growth (Harry). Moreover, japan being one of the most industrialized countries in the world, one would think that the population should be thinking of more industrial expansion for the benefit of economic growth. Japan has however defied the odds by preserving their gardens not only for this generation but also for the generations to come. This is something in my opinion that is of keen interest.