Feb 12, 2016
Last Chance By Tim Hodson

Today is the deadline for college students to apply for Syngenta Flowers’ 2016 Goldsmith Scholarship program.

Syngenta Flowers is awarding $5,000 scholarships to two college students who have shown high potential in the fields of plant breeding and ornamental horticulture through scholastic excellence and experience.

The Glenn Goldsmith Breeding Excellence Scholarship recognizes one student working toward a degree in plant breeding while the Goldsmith Seeds Floriculture Business Advancement Scholarship will be presented to a student working toward a degree in ornamental horticulture business.

All of the application details can be found here, but time is running out. The deadline for applications is midnight tonight (central time).

The scholarship winners will be announced to the public at Syngenta Flowers’s facilities in Gilroy, California, during California Spring Trials in April.

Last Call

This is also last call to sign up to attend GPN’s Big Grower Executive Summit that will take place Feb. 21-23, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.

If you are a big grower* looking for solutions to some of today’s toughest business challenges, the Big Grower Executive Summit is the place to be.

Just go to www.biggrower.com/executivesummit and register today for two-and-a-half days of outstanding education, networking opportunities and a behind-the-scenes tour of Metrolina Greenhouses in Huntersville, North Carolina.

— Tim

*Attendance to the 2016 Big Grower Executive Summit is limited to growers with a minimum of 250,000 square feet of growing space.