About
Who are we?
Team members are a diverse group students from majors and colleges across the University of Florida-from plant science to landscape architecture, agricultural operations to business, botany to sports management, and more. Most members participate in wide range of extracurricular activities as part of their university experience, and go on to jobs in virtually every area of the landscape and plant science industries and beyond.
Faculty coach Erin Alvarez is a lecturer with the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department. She has a professional and academic background in landscape horticulture and participated in her first NALP NCLC in 2005 at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, back when it was called the ALCA Student Career Days.
What does the landscape team do?
Each year students prepare for their competitive events, learn about the green industry and interact with professionals, participate in workshops and service events, and more. The topics range from irrigation to plant ID to landscape installation-it might be easier to tell you what they don't do, but here's a list to start:
Event List
3D Exterior Landscape Design
Annual & Perennial Identification
Arboriculture Techniques
Business Management
Compact Track/Skid Steer Loader Operation
Compact Excavator Operation
Computer Aided Landscape Design
Construction Cost Estimating
Employee Development
Exterior Landscape Design
Flower and Foliage Identification
Hardscape Installation
Interior Landscape Design
Interior Plant Identification
Irrigation Assembly
Irrigation Design
Irrigation Troubleshooting
Landscape Lighting
Landscape Maintenance Operations
Landscape Plant Installation
Maintenance Cost Estimating
Mini Track Loader Operation
Plant Problem Diagnosis
Robotics and Technology in Landscape Design and Maintenance
Safety First (TEST EVENT)
Sales Presentation
Small Engine Repair
Tractor Loader Backhoe Operation
Truck & Trailer Operation
Turf & Weed Identification
Woody Ornamental Plant Identification
