In-Person Mentoring Opportunity

By Foundation | October 28, 2024

Talk to native plant industry professionals that can help you get started in your business or career

Meet and talk with native plant industry professionals who can provide you with business and career insights from their lived experience.

In-person mentorship is available from 10:30am until 1:00pm on Wednesday and Thursday, October 30-31, 2024, at the Native Plant Horticulture Foundation table at the Central Florida Native Plant Seminar hosted by Florida Association of Native Nurseries (FANN) at Bok Tower Gardens, 1151 Tower Blvd, Lake Wales, Florida. Mentoring services will be provided by the following experienced growers and landscape professionals from Florida’s native plant industry:

  • Alyssa Lavoro, former Alexander Landscape & Plant Farm owner, Ag/Horticulture teacher and current president of the Native Plant Horticulture Foundation
  • Jerry Fritz, former SUNCO Native Trees owner
  • Zack Pitchford, current owner of Wilcox Nursery & Landscaping
  • Tom Heitzman, current owner of Sweet Bay Native Nursery

In addition to mentoring, you can visit and talk with over 100 native plant industry professionals during breaks in the seminar, stroll beautiful Bok Tower Gardens and take advantage of other space-available benefits. This opportunity is open to students, emerging professionals and career switchers. Application required.

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Posted in Business, Career Switchers, Students