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Southeast Community College Horticulture and Turfgrass Management

The Official page of the Southeast Community College Horticulture and Turfgrass Mgmt. Program @ SCC Beatrice.

A two year program focusing on providing students the classroom knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to be a successful professional. Southeast Community College Turfgrass Program is located at the SCC Beatrice Campus. We offer hands-on technical skills that will immediately transfer into a professional position in the Turfgrass Industry. To learn more about our program visit https://www.southeast.edu/agriculture/. Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/SCC_Turfgrass!!

04/26/2021

The SCC Plant Sale starts today in Beatrice! We are set up on the south end of Ford Hall and will be open for buisness from 4-7!

09/25/2019

Its a beautiful morning to aerate at Southeast Community College! Aeration is a process that helps remove organic matter and establish a strong root zone in our bentgrass putting greens.

08/07/2018

How awesome is this! A great inside look at the what it means to be a turf manager for a MLB organization!

04/25/2018

The Southeast Community College Horticulture and Turfgrass Management Program would like to extend a huge congratulations to our students that competed in the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Conference last week in Norfolk, Nebraska! Our team that competed in the Horticulture Competition placed 1st amongst other 2-year colleges from across the United States! We had many other students from our program compete individually and they also did very well!

We would like to congratulate the following individuals for placing first in the Horticulture Team Competition:
- Reese Lierz, Sabetha, Kansas
- Brittany Timoney, Ulysses, NE
- Hannah Schroeter, Humphrey, NE
- Sadie Meyer, Powhattan, KS

Brittany Timoney also placed first amongst all individual test scores during the competition, way to go!

We are very proud of all of our students who competed, and are happy to add this trophy to the trophy case! Great Job!

SCC Agriculture was very successful in many other competitions during this contest. SCC teams also placed 1st in the Knowledge Quiz Bowl and Ag Business Competition, and placed 3rd in Dairy Judging! Hats of to those students as well!

04/23/2018

**REMINDER**
The Annual Southeast Community College Horticulture Bedding Plant Sale begins today! Come grab some flowers for your garden grown by our very own Horitculture and Turfgrass Management students!

Prices range from $2.00 - $4.00!

Hours of Plant Sale:
April 23, 2018: 4:00PM - 7:00PM
April 24, 2018: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
April 25, 2018: 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Hurry in for the best plant material! We do tend to sell out fast!

04/11/2018

Well it certainly looks like spring is here, atleast for the next two days (we are not liking the projected snow for Saturday). With spring comes the excitement of getting outside, working on the golf course, planting some annuals, or starting your summer landscape project! If all of the above excites you, maybe a career in Horticulture and Turfgrass Management is for you! We are very fortunate to have some very successful past graduates of our program and we would like to share their stories with you. Its time for the next installment of the SCC Horticulture and Turfgrass Alumi Spotlight! If you would like to be featured in one of our future spotlights, please get in contact with us. We would love to hear from you!

--SCC Horticulture and Turfgrass Alumni Spotlight--
I have the privilege to introduce to you Samantha Steward; a 2017 SCC graduate who is currently working as a First Year Landscape Designer with the Nebraska Nusery and Color Gardens in Lincoln, NE, while also obtaining her Bachelors Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It's always a pleasure to speak with Sam and we are so happy that she has found success early in her bright career. We asked her some questions about her experience at SCC and wanted to share her responses with you all!

**Tell us about your current position.**

I am a First Year Landscape Designer with Nebraska Nursery and Color Gardens in Lincoln, NE. I assist my boss with drawing her plans on DynaSCAPES. This includes drawing the base maps, putting the plants, bed lines, hardscapes and other aspects of the landscape. I am located at the retail location and help customers with questions and give ideas. I do free in-store designs for customers, too.

**What attracted you to the SCC Horticulture and Turfgrass Management Program?**

I knew I wanted to go to SCC because it was like a small town. I grew up in a small town and moved to an even smaller town. I liked the sense of community. Two of the instructors in the program made a strong impression on me when I came down and toured the campus. Kevin Christensen and Travis Pralle showed that they cared for their students in more ways than one during my tour.

**How did the SCC Horticulture and Turfgrass Management Program set you up for success in your current position?**

I learned that there are many ways to do things. I was given many opportunities and was able to learn about myself along the way. There were resources that were given to me that would help make me successful at my job. I was showed where to find the answers and the people to talk to, to find the answers.

**What advice would you give current and or perspective students considering a career in Horticulture and Turfgrass Management?**

Take every opportunity given to you. You will learn from every experience you encounter, good and bad. Don’t let failure stand in your way because you are better than failure. The word success should be in your vocabulary and used often to make it a reality.

We would like to thank Sam for taking the time out of her busy schedule to answer a few questions for us! If you are looking to start a design project for your home, be sure to check out Nebraska Nusery and Color Gardens in Lincoln, NE; be sure to ask for Sam!!

For more information about our program, please visit our website: Southeast.edu/HortandTurf. If you are considering a career in Horticulture and Turfgrass Management, there is still time to register for summer quarter classes. Send us a message and we will get you in touch with one of our great instructors!

03/28/2018

Are you interested in working outside? Do you have a passion for sports? Do you like taking a bare area and design something that everyone will enjoy? If you said yes to any of these you should consider a career in Horticulture or Turfgrass Management!

Here at Southeast Community College you can obtain an AAS Degree in either Horticulture or Turfgrass Management. We want to set you up to be successful in whichever career you may choose. In either focus area you will take a variety of classes to give you the best foundation of knowledge and hands-on skills to be successful in your future endeavors!

If you are interested in learning more about our program, send us a message or check out our website (southeast.edu/HortandTurf).

We are also looking for former students to participate in our alumni spotlight! If you have any interest please get in contact with us. We look forward to speaking with you.

Be sure to stay tuned for lots of upcoming activity on this page, even though it doesn't feel like it, spring is right around the corner! Our students are ready to get outside and get their hands dirty.

01/09/2018

If you are attending the Nebraska Turfgrass Conference stop by our booth and learn more about or program. A lot of great opportunities for young students to get into the industry. We also have some freebies for you to take home!

11/07/2017

The Agriculture Team is out in full force today at the 2017 Centralia High School Career Fair! Representatives from Horticulture and Turfgrass Mgmt, Agronomy, Livestock Mgmt, Precision Agriculture, and Agriculture Business Mgmt have joined forces to talk to high schoolers about future careers in Agriculture! Lots of growth in all of these careers means great opportunities for students.

If you are interested in learning more about our programs, be sure to check out our websites:
www.southeast.edu/HortandTurf and www.southeast.edu/agriculture.

If you are interested in having us come talk to your students be sure to contact us!

10/13/2017

Project Complete! Last time we were at the Beatrice Public Library, our students were working on finishing a paved walkway for their Children’s Garden. Our students did a great job! Thanks to Beatrice Public Library for allowing us to be apart of this project.

09/20/2017

This week our landscape construction class was out working at the Beatrice Public Library installing a paved walkway for their Children's Garden. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute back to our community!

As finals week comes to an end we look forward to next quarter. Make sure to follow our page to stay up to date on what we are working on next quarter.

Interested in Horticulture or Turfgrass Management? There is still time to apply for Winter Quarter! Check out our website (www.southeast.edu/HortandTurf) for more information about our program.

09/14/2017

If you are out in Grand Island for the final day of Husker Harvest Days, be sure to stop by the Southeast Community College booth ( #922). Come by chat and get a free rain gauge!

Address

4771 West Scott Road
Beatrice, NE
68310

Telephone

+14022288189

Website

http://www.southeast.edu/hortandturf/

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