I've always had a love for the outdoors.
When I was growing up,
I enjoyed helping my parents maintain our garden and our lawn and I also helped our neighbors do yard work.
But I developed my true passion for horticulture when I went to Auburn University, and I'm at undergraduate student coordinator and professor
Dr. Harry ponder. I went on to get my bachelor and master's degrees at Albany University, and in 1995
I came to North Carolina to begin my career with NC State University
and North Carolina Cooperative Extension, as the horticulture agent in Pitt County. After about 20 years in Pitt County,
I was fortunate to be able to
transition into a new role as
Area specialized agent, for nursery and greenhouses for the eastern part of the state, and I basically cover from Raleigh to the coast.
I work with our Extension agents and our specialists as well,
to help our ornamental growers, by providing educational programs, and one of the areas that I do focus on is,
Management of the redheaded flea beetle, which is an insect common to our outdoor container ornamental production system.
So, I hope you'll visit my website or I've included links to
Numerous information about nursery and greenhouse production that I think you'll find useful and I look forward to working with you,
to improve our ornamental production in the state of North Carolina.
