Scholarship Opportunity

The Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show, Inc. (MANTS) has endowed the Carville M. Akehurst Memorial Scholarship.  This scholarship, established in 2002, serves to memorialize Mr. Akehurst who served the horticultural industry as one of the founders of MANTS.  In addition to his thirty plus years as Executive Vice-President of MANTS, Mr. Akehurst served as Executive Secretary of the Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association, the Maryland Nurserymen’s Horticulture Research Foundation, Maryland Christmas Tree Growers, American Conifer Society, and Maryland Greenhouse Growers’ Association.

MANTS, an association formed from the state nursery and landscape associations of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, has established this scholarship with the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) with the belief that the strength and future success of the horticulture industry lies in the solid education of today’s students.  MANTS’ establishment of this scholarship is a reflection of Mr. Akehurst’s firm belief that education begets one the opportunity to achieve.  Through this scholarship, MANTS will provide scholarship opportunity to qualified students to help ensure the continuity of the nursery and landscape profession.

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