Student
Organizations
PLANET
PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, is an international association serving lawn care
professionals, exterior maintenance contractors, installation/design/build professionals, and interiorscapers.
PLANET emerged on January 1, 2005, when the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA)
and the Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCAA)
joined forces to become a more encompassing network of green industry professionals. PLANTET
hosts an annual competition in all the skills of the profession, along with a Career Fair where important
national firms recruit. Students spend fall and winter preparing
for the competition, and raising funds for the trip. These
skills are being integrated into Landscape Horticulture course
curricula to improve students' qualifications for optimum employment.
Berteena Rollins, President - email: Rollins.63@osu.edu
Dr. Peg McMahon, Advisor - email: mcmahon.43@osu.edu
Crops & Soils Club
The OSU Crops and Soils club is a student organization for crop
science majors, as well as plant health management, ag-business
and others. We get together to have fun and raise money for the
OSU weed science judging team and soil judging team. We also help
with the FFA agronomy contest training.
Dr. Barker, Advisor - email: barker.169@osu.edu
Dr. Jerry Bigham, Advisor - email: bigham.1@osu.edu
Landscape and Floriculture Forum
- LAFF
The Landscape and Floriculture Forum promotes social relationships
among students majoring in floriculture and landscape horticulture
and brings the students into closer contact with faculty, administration,
and staff. This organization wishes to further the advancement
of floriculture and landscape horticulture by providing all possible
aid to the projects that they undertake. L.A.F.F. increases the
member’s interests in the study of floriculture and landscape
horticulture by providing programs relative to horticulture and
related subjects.
Dr. Metzger, Advisor - email: Metzger.72@osu.edu
Mike Pfeiffer, Advisor - email: Pfeiffer.9@osu.edu
Turfgrass Club
The Turfgrass Club provides students interested in a career in
turfgrass management the opportunity to interact professionally
and socially with other students, both from OSU and around the
nation, as well as industry and academic professionals. Each year
the GCSAA student chapter engages in a variety of activities and
community service projects. The group also travels to the national
GCSAA conference and the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation conference.
Dr. Gardner, Advisor - email: gardner.254@osu.edu
Pi
Alpha Xi
- PAX
Pi Alpha Xi is a national honor society for undergraduate and
graduate students in floriculture, ornamental horticulture, and
landscape horticulture. Our purpose is to promote fellowship between
students, educators, and the professional horticultural community
who share in belief of enrichment of human life through plants. Club website
Dr. Metzger, Advisor - email: metzger.72@osu.edu
