MCCTC students bloom at floral contest

Staff report

CANFIELD

About 60 students from Northeast Ohio competed in the FFA District 3 Floriculture Competition at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center on North Palmyra Road earlier this month.

Gates Mills Environmental Education Center, Trumbull County Career and Technical Center and MCCTC all competed in floriculture written exam, bud vase and corsage design, plant and flower identification, plant judging and materials and tools identification.

MCCTC students McKenna Schisler, Haley Sowers, Robin Smith and Megan Perrett received the first-place team award, and Schisler also won first place, individual.

“The students have worked really hard preparing for the district competition, and I couldn’t be more proud of them and what they accomplished,” said Mary June Emerson, instructor for the MCCTC floral-design students. “We are now preparing and looking forward to the state competition, which will be held on April 26th at ATI in Wooster.”

Volunteers were from several agencies and organizations including Mill Creek MetroParks, The Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown, Draime Legacy Gardens-Kent State University, Ohio State University Master Gardeners, St. Michael’s Garden Guild, MCCTC Floral Design and Landscaping Advisory Board members and former students.