| East Bay Then and Now: Daniels Excelled in Developing and ...
“Developing and selling landscape beauty is perhaps the only way in which a man of the community may have the cake and eat it, too," he said in June 1914, addressing the Tourist Association of Central California at the Shattuck Hotel in Berkeley. “[T]he visitor does not take one jot from the landscape or the community […] in return for the money he contributes, nor does the natural beauty of a district or country need to be repaired or replanted each year. And yet the community may sell it and resell it without losing any part of the original bulk of the commodity." Two years earlier, in a booklet titled Hillside Homes and Gardens, Daniels extolled the advantages of hill dwelling: The great history-making nations of the world have invariably been mountain or hill folk, dwelling near the sea.
Penn College Competes in Student Career Days at Michigan State
A dozen students from Pennsylvania College of Technologys School of Natural Resources Management recently participated in 16 horticulture-related events at the Professional Landscape Networks Student Career Days competition at Michigan State University. Two of the students finished near the top of their respective categories during the March 29-to-April 1 event: Anthony S. Moyer, Strausstown, was fourth out of 78 contestants in Safety Management, and Eric M. Sauers, of Williamsport, placed sixth among 47 entries in Exterior Landscape Design. Both enrolled in the colleges landscape/nursery technology major, which since has been revised into ornamental horticulture with separate emphases in landscape technology, plant production and horticulture retail management.
Sauers also competed in the Annual and Perennial Identification category, while Moyer was a team member in the Arboriculture Techniques and Paver Installation events.
Two-minute job shadow
Responsible for: Tours of the EcoHouse, programs, maintenance, co-ordinating staff and volunteers, selling conservation products, public outreach and education. How he got there: Two years training as an environmental technician before working as a landscaping foreman. He joined Green Venture six years ago. It's not easy being green: He has to keep on top of constantly changing environmental issues, be motivated, personable, well-organized and multi-talented. A typical day has him: Co-ordinating a rain barrel delivery or running a weatherproofing workshop. Typical hours: Six days a week 9-5, plus evening work. He answers questions: On everything from carpenter bees to recycled roofing to green laundry detergent. Number of composting worms at the EcoHouse: More than 15,000 (breaking down the compost of 32 people).
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