{"id":3087,"date":"2023-04-13T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/2023-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-announced"},"modified":"2025-03-20T20:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:37:44","slug":"2023-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-announced","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/2023-paul-thomas-floriculture-production-intern-of-the-year-announced","title":{"rendered":"2023 Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #1e5c1e; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0a387d;\">2023 Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Awards<\/span><br><\/b><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recognizing Talent and Passion from Across the Nation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each year through the<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/ballapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, AFE has the opportunity to match promising future horticulturists with top production greenhouses across the nation. These students get to see first-hand what it\u2019s like to work at top floriculture facilities, train under industry experts, and gain insight into their future career paths. Each intern is hand-picked and placed based on their wide range of experiences, perspectives, and unique studies. Students who successfully finish their internship, including completing a written report and multiple video blogs, are eligible for our<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/afe-announces-new-intern-of-the-year-recognition-named-honoring-dr-paul-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, one intern stood out from the rest for her limitless passion, drive, and curiosity in horticulture, which she exemplified in her internship. We are excited to announce that <\/span><b>Emily Larsen of the University of Wisconsin \u2013 River Falls is our 2023 Paul Thomas Intern of the Year!<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cIn choosing the Intern of the Year, our committee deemed it necessary to recognize two other interns who shone exceptionally bright in their internships and demonstrated the key characteristics of the Paul Thomas Award\u2014Hannah Kramer and Zach Rosenkrans,\u201d AFE Vic and Margaret Ball Chairman, Dwight Larimer, AAF, PFCI, said. \u201cWe are happy to announce Hannah and Zach as Honorable Mentions for our Paul Thomas Award\u201d<br><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"156\" height=\"234\" class=\"wp-image-12138 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Press-Release-Paul-Thomas-Intern-of-Year-e1681395314883.jpg\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About the Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year Award<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This annual award pays tribute to the late Dr. Paul Thomas, a retired University of Georgia Professor, a passionate supporter of student programs, and an advocate of AFE\u2019s <\/span><\/b><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/ballapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship Program<\/span><\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Recipients of this award truly embody the passion Dr. Thomas displayed for student programs and keep his spirit alive by pursuing industry opportunities.\u00a0This award provides recipients with paid hotel and airfare to Cultivate Conference, free registration to Cultivate, $500 cash, networking and a photo op with AFE representatives and Faculty members (if present) at Cultivate, and a feature article in AFE publications.<br><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #0a387d;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Emily Larsen<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">, Paul Thomas Floriculture Production Intern of the Year<\/span><\/strong><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">University of Wisconsin \u2013 River Falls<br><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0a387d;\">3-Month Internship at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/altmanplants.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Altman Plants <\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emily\u2019s favorite thing about being in the horticulture field is that there\u2019s never a dull moment \u2013 and there\u2019s always something new to learn.<\/span><\/span><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" class=\" wp-image-16387 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.19.17-AM.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhether it\u2019s making a prettier petunia, decreasing world hunger through grafting techniques,\u00a0or studying bioremediation with sunflowers, horticulture spans a wide and diverse range of subjects and specialties.\u201d<br><\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Emily\u2019s passion for horticulture shines bright through her continuous involvement and experiences in the industry. As Leader of her high school FFA Floriculture team, she remembers fondly her team placing Silver at the National Competition and learning floral design, the importance of plant quality, plant identification, and problem solving in the industry. She also had the opportunity to work at a plant shop in Hudson, WI, serve as a seasonal horticulturist for the City of Woodbury Parks and Forestry, and even spend time doing freelance gardening.\u00a0Now, Emily is a junior at the University of Wisconsin \u2013 River Falls, studying Horticulture with a minor in Crop Science. In 2022, she spent three months at Altman Plants in Peyton, Colorado through our Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship Program.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"312\" class=\" wp-image-16389 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.19.30-AM.png\" alt=\"\">While on her internship, Emily really got to see first-hand what each step of the process looks like for large-scale crop production. She spent dedicated time in each department, including propagation, growing, Integrated Pest Management, availability, transportation, planting line, and maintenance.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEvery day, I was working hands-on in the greenhouse, doing jobs like taking EC and pH readings, pinching young plants, sticking cuttings, and collecting chrysanthemum height data,\u201d Emily said. She was also one of the main workers in the Altman Plants trial garden, which she was able to take pride in inventorying, planning, and tending to the garden throughout the summer. The 2022 Colorado Nursery and Greenhouse Association Barbeque was held in the trial garden at Altman Plants, and attendees got to see the trial garden Emily had worked so hard on.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"325\" class=\" wp-image-16386 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.19.36-AM.png\" alt=\"\">One of the perks of the Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship program is the chance to have your Faculty Advisor visit you on site, with the cost covered by AFE. Dr Sonja Maki, Emily\u2019s Internship and College Advisor, was able to visit in August and spend the day at Altman Plants. While there, Emily had the chance to give her a tour of the facility, showcase her special projects, and introduce Dr. Maki to the expert growers Emily worked with. They also had the chance to talk about irrigation, crop development, and how they handle the extreme weather in Peyton, Colorado with Assistant Head Grower, Andrew Melton.One fun, unexpected skill Emily learned during her internship was how to weld. As someone with many talents and interests, Emily said, \u201cIf I\u2019m not in the greenhouse or garden, you can find me playing the drums, petting my guinea pigs, or learning a new skill.\u201dWhen asked what inspires her about the industry, Emily said it\u2019s <\/span><b>the way in which we cultivate plants to suit society\u2019s needs; and the influences that plants have on society in return<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI am drawn to the constant creation of new technologies to achieve our goals and motivated by the continual innovations in the horticulture world. The challenge lies in keeping up with these advances.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"333\" class=\" wp-image-16385 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Emily-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\">With an eye for technology and a passion for research, Emily\u2019s internship experience proved eye-opening, exposing her to different areas of greenhouse production and allowing her the chance to figure out what she truly enjoys. She learned that while large scale greenhouse production isn\u2019t the career path she wants to focus on, the time she spent collecting data, taking measurements, and working with the trial garden showed her that she wants to pursue a research-based career path. In the months following her internship, Emily has been working at a seed testing lab and will be completing an internship at Ball\u2019s Plant Pathology lab this summer.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of being chosen as the Paul Thomas Intern of the Year includes a paid trip and registration to Cultivate, the premier event for the horticulture industry. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to being connected with the brightest minds and the newest technologies in the horticulture field,\u201d Emily said about the event. \u201cCultivate will help me get closer to accomplishing my goals by connecting me with leading people in the research and development sectors, as well as inspiring me with new technology.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Emily\u2019s work and her experience at her internship showcases the drive, endless passion, and promising future that the Dr. Paul Thomas award was created to recognize. We can\u2019t wait to see what Emily goes on to do in the future and the positive impact she is sure to have on the industry!\u201cI want to extend my most sincere thanks to all of the people at the American Floral Endowment who have made this experience possible,\u201d Emily said. \u201cThe Vic and Margaret Ball Internship Program has been instrumental in my career in horticulture, and for that, I am forever grateful.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #0a387d;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Hannah Kramer, <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Honorable Mention<\/span><\/strong><br><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0a387d;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa State University<br>6-Month Internship at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagawagreenhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tagawa Greenhouses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Ever since she can remember, Hannah has been interested in plants and gardening.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"301\" class=\" wp-image-16390 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.26.17-AM.png\" alt=\"\">From picking out plants with her mom at the local plant nursery to tending to her family vegetable garden, she has always been drawn to the world of horticulture.<br>She remembers being at the point in her life where she needed to decide what kind of career to pursue, and one of her friends introduced her to the concept of horticulture. For Hannah, there was no question\u2014it was everything she liked to do. \u201cUltimately, I\u2019m in this industry because it\u2019s been one of my hobbies and passions my whole life, and I realized I can turn that into a career.\u201d\u00a0Hannah is currently finishing her senior year at Iowa State University, where she is pursuing a degree in Horticulture with a newly-added minor in Entrepreneurship. Before her internship at Tagawa Greenhouse, she worked at a garden center in her hometown, Wagner Nursery, and a public botanical garden, Reiman Gardens. Both of these experiences helped her hone her horticultural skills that led her to her success in her Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"423\" class=\" wp-image-16391 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.26.24-AM.png\" alt=\"\">\u201cOver this six-month internship, I truly have learned crucial greenhouse skills. Beyond that, I have gained a perspective of the process from start to finish,\u201d Hannah said. \u201cI have met incredible people who were all more than happy to teach and share their piece of the puzzle with me.\u201dStarting her internship in the seed room at the Brighton facility, Hannah learned the importance of keeping new seeds strictly organized upon receiving young plant material. Next, she moved to the operations department in the Tagawa Foothills facility in Golden, Colorado, where she worked on the sticking line and completed germination and inventory counts prior to shipping. From there, she moved to a different facility in Golden, Tagwa Table Mountain, where she worked in production to learn crop management. After that, she got the chance to go to Estancia, New Mexico, to Tagawa Southwest, where she worked with irrigation and growing teams to learn more about crop management.Next on the list, Hannah shifted to learning more about the retail side of production, working with Costco, Home Depot, and Tagawa\u2019s retail center, Tagawa Gardens. For the last step of her internship journey, Hannah was able to work with administration staff to see how the process works on the business side of things, learning more about marketing, finance, sales, and transportation\/distribution. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"371\" class=\" wp-image-16392 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/IMG-5089.jpg\" alt=\"\">After hearing about all that she got to see, there\u2019s no doubt Hannah received a well-rounded perspective on greenhouse production in her 6-month internship!\u201cI cannot thank Tagawa and AFE enough for this incredible opportunity to gain industry experience before I graduate. It has made me not only a better employee but a better person,\u201d Hannah reflected. \u201cThis has truly been an invaluable experience that I recommend anyone with a strong interest in greenhouse do.\u201dIn the fall, Hannah will be pursuing her Master\u2019s at Iowa State. After graduation, she hopes to have a promising career in floriculture greenhouse production where she can use what she\u2019s learned from these experiences every day.\u00a0\u201cI think the biggest thing [about receiving this award] is that it helps recognize me as a true member of the industry,\u201d Hannah said. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s hard to get a foot in the door with these things, and AFE has really helped to connect me to different people and organizations that are doing exactly what I want to do.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #0a387d;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Zach Rosenkrans,<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Honorable Mention<\/span><\/strong><br><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0a387d;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas State University<br>6-Month Internship at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/olivehill.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive Hill Greenhouses<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want nothing more than to use my passion for plants a<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" class=\" wp-image-16393 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Rosenkrans_Headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/span>nd people to reconnect society with nature and bring joy to others through plants and landscapes.\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">From an early age, Zach has always been creative and passionate about plants. He took an early interest in his high school\u2019s FFA Floriculture Development Event, where he practiced flower and foliage identification, created floral designs to compete at the national level, and studied common practices in the greenhouse and floral industry. Now at Kansas State, he studies Horticulture with an emphasis on Production with a minor in Business.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before his internship at Olive Hill Greenhouses, Zach had already gotten a taste of horticulture from working as an intern at Frese Ornamental Nursery in Quincy, IL, and an intern at Rock Cobble Farm in South Kent, CT. As for his Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Internship, he was ready to try his hand at a different climate after spending time in the Midwest and Northeast. This led to him being placed at Olive Hill Greenhouses in sunny southern California.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"366\" class=\" wp-image-16395 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.30.39-AM.png\" alt=\"\">Not a single day looked the same at Olive Hill Greenhouses. In the mornings, Zach would review a list of pending projects and tasks for each day, like watering benches or updating records. Some days, new plants and cuttings would arrive that would take priority over other projects, keeping Zach thinking on his feet and adapting to what each day needed. He also got to work on a few special projects during his six months there, including conducting an audit of the irrigation system, performing quality tests, and working on expanding their scouting program.\u00a0\u201cOlive Hill Greenhouses proved to be an excellent host for me. Their facilities and operations allowed me to apply knowledge from my classes as well as learn and develop new skills,\u201d Zach said.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting back on his internship, Zach definitely feels at home in the horticultural industry. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"348\" class=\" wp-image-16394 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-13-at-8.30.47-AM.png\" alt=\"\">\u201cI chose this field because I\u2019m repeatedly awed by the beauty of plants. It\u2019s my favorite part of this field. Every day I get to work with something I find fascinating, and every day I learn something new,\u201d Zach said. \u201cI\u2019m inspired by my friends, who also happen to be my future coworkers. Everyone in this field holds such a personal passion for plants; it\u2019s almost impossible not to feed off that energy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">As for the future, Zach\u2019s career plans focus on botanic and public gardens. \u201cAfter my internship, I feel less nervous and more excited to graduate,\u201d he said. \u201cI know that wherever I land, I\u2019ll get to grow amazing plants or use them to create something beautiful.\u201d\u00a0\u201cThroughout my career, I want to be regarded as the coolest and sweetest person to work with,\u201d Zach said. \u201cThis award tells me that I\u2019m on the right track, and I hope it says the same thing to others as I look to start my career in the horticulture industry.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #0a387d;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">AFE\u2019s Internship Programs<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Throughout all of AFE\u2019s programs, there is a focus on empowering and uplifting young professionals. Investing in the industry\u2019s next generation ensures that we will have a strong, vibrant workforce in the coming years that will continue to make strides toward <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"172\" class=\"wp-image-15110 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/AFE_tree.jpg\" alt=\"\">advancement and progress. Our<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/ballapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vic &amp; Margaret Ball Intern Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (production) and the<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/mosmillerapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosmiller Intern Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (retail or wholesale) offer young professionals like Emily, Hannah, and Zach the opportunity to contribute to the industry beyond the classroom meaningfully. We are proud to support these individuals, and all our interns and scholarship recipients, to help facilitate a stronger future for floriculture.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">If you are interested in being an internship host, please reach out to AFE\u2019s Program Coordinator, Candice Musgrove at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:atcmusgrove@afeendowment.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cmusgrove@afeendowment.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><strong>Students\/Faculty<\/strong>: Learn more about AFE\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/internships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internship<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scholarship<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">opportunities at endowment.org\/students. 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