Dr.
Linda Chalker-Scott
I’m an associate professor in the Department of
Horticulture at Washington State University. I’m also an Extension Specialist
in Urban Horticulture, meaning that I have a global classroom rather than one
physically located on a college campus. I’m trained as a woody plant
physiologist and I apply this knowledge to understanding how trees and shrubs
function in urban environments. This is a fancy way of saying I enjoy diagnosing
landscape failures—sort of a Horticultural CSI thing. I’m a native
Washingtonian, but I spent my academic life at Oregon State University and then
moved to Buffalo in 1989 for my first university position. I moved back to
Seattle in 1997 and worked at University of Washington's Center for Urban
Horticulture. In 2004 I decided to hang up my college teaching robes and began
my Extension position with WSU.
Dr.
Bert Cregg
I am currently an Associate Professor and Extension
Specialist in the Department of Horticulture and Department of Forestry at
Michigan State University. I’m originally from the great Pacific Northwest;
born and raised in Olympia, Washington. I got my B.S. in Forest Management from
Washington State University and then did graduate work in tree physiology at
Oklahoma State University (M.S. Forestry) and at the University of Georgia
(Ph.D. Forest Resources). I began working on tree nursery and urban
forestry-related issues with the USDA Forest Service and continued to research
tree nursery issues as a scientist with Union Camp/International Paper. Since
1999 I have been on the faculty here are MSU developing research and extension
programs that deal with landscape, nursery, and Christmas tree issues. I am
currently involved in production issues related to container-grown trees and
issues related to the Emerald Ash Borer outbreak.
Dr.
Jeff Gillman
I’m an associate professor in the Department of
Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota. Officially I work mostly
with trees and shrubs, but I’ve also been known to test things like egg shells
for stopping slugs, beer for its qualities as a fertilizer, and milk for its
fungicidal qualities. I come from a small town in Pennsylvania, just west of
Philadelphia, where I first learned about growing trees in my parents’ small
orchard. I attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
then earned a master’s degree in entomology and a Ph.D. in horticulture from
the University of Georgia. After Georgia I came north to Minnesota.
Dr.
Holly Scoggins
I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of
Horticulture at Virginia Tech and Director of the Hahn Horticulture Garden, our
fabulous 6-acre teaching and display garden on campus. I teach Herbaceous
Landscape Plants, Greenhouse Management, Ornamental Plant Production and
Marketing, and a Public Gardens course. My research focuses on nursery and
greenhouse production of perennials. In both sharing my research and in
learning what’s new and improved, I interact extensively with the state and
regional green industry - growers, plant breeders, landscapers, and garden
centers. My B.S. (Agricultural Economics) and M.S. (Horticulture) are from the
University of Georgia, and my Ph.D (Horticulture) is from North Carolina State
University. Professional credentials aside, I guess I would describe myself as
a card-carrying plant dork.