
UMass Places 13th at National Collegiate Landscape Competition
UMass Students Attend National Collegiate Landscape Competition
Over spring break, 11 students traveled to North Carolina State to compete in the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC). The National Collegiate Landscape Competition is an annual three-day event which brings together the top landscape and horticulture students, top industry companies, and dozens of the biggest industry manufacturers and suppliers. These top industry companies create and judge 31 different events that test students’ skills and knowledge.
The UMass NCLC Team was made up of students from Landscape Contracting, Arboriculture, Urban Forestry, Landscape Architecture and Horticultural Science and supervised by Michael Davidsohn from LARP and Kristina Bezanson from NRC.
Overall, UMass placed 13th out of 43 Colleges and Universities.
The top scoring three students in each event were recognized Saturday morning:
First Place - 3D Exterior Design - Andrew Reilly (BSLA)
First Place - Hardscape Installation - Amanda Ramsdell & Joseph Contardo (both Landscape Contracting): received an all-expense paid trip to the National Hardscape competition in Louisville this October to...