Rabun County Natives Awarded during Landscape Competition

NGTC horticulture students brought home several distinguished awards including a team ranking of 16th in the nation after competing in the 40th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition held at Mississippi State University this past weekend.

Scarlett Kilby of Rabun Gap who placed second in Annual and Perennial Identification and third in Interior Plant Identification. Jess Owens of Clayton placed first in the NCLC Logo National Selection, which was selected and used for all the participants’ conference t-shirts.

Cary Galloway of Clayton ranked 18th in Employee Development. Cassy Hollifield Amanda Burrell, both of Clayton also contributed to North Georgia Tech’s ranking.

North Georgia Tech competed with institutions such as Michigan State University, BYU, Auburn University, The University of Georgia, and Mississippi State University.