State Contest Information
All interested teams need to register for the Wisconsin FFA State Nursery & Landscape CDE. ALL interested teams will advance to the State CDE Live contest on April 25, 2024.
DATE: Thursday April 25, 2024
TIME - 8:30 a.m Start
LOCATION: UW- Madison Campus's OJ Noer Turf Grass Research Facility (2502 S. Pleasant View Rd Verona, WI)
SUPERINTENDENTS - Jake Schneider & Reid Maier
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Overview
The Nursery⁄Landscape CDE tests students skills in horticultural principles, from landscape design to nursery propagation. Participants in the Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event (CDE) tests students skills in maintaining landscape plants and related products, evaluating equipment and services and performing landscape design.
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Rubrics
2024 Equipment Rubrics
Practice all 6 in preparation for the State CDE which will include 3 of the 6 listed below
1) ZTR MOWER
2) CHAINSAW
3) SKID STEER
4) BLOWER
5) PUSH MOWER
6) SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS
Team Activity Rubric (National FFA Rubric is used)
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Resources:
TEAM ACTIVITY
Content Focus for 2024 - Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
(what students would do to prepare their nursery and landscaping business for the implementation of the proposed regulations as they apply to the rusty patch bumblebee. How would they adjust their practices, inform their customers?)
Study Materials for 2024 Team Activity
EPA Vulnerable Species - Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (arcgis.com)
Vulnerable Listed (Endangered and Threatened) Species Pilot Project:
Proposed Mitigations, Implementation Plan, and Possible Expansion
ESTIMATING PRACTICIUM
2024 Practice Drawing
2024 Practice Estimating Exam w Key
EXAM RESOURCES
Link 1 https://www.wisconsingolfbmp.org/bmphome Focus on sections 6 & 8 related to integrated pest management and mowing/root zone management.
Link 2 - American Standards for Nursery Stock Focus on Section 1 (General Standards), Section 3 (Deciduous Shrubs) and Section 4 (Coniferous Evergreens) Pdf file linked here
PRACTICE SCANTRON - Horticulture
WISCONSIN IDENTIFCATION LIST - Nursery Landscape
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Results and Awards
2023 Top Individual 2023 Top Team
Makenna Schuebel Plymouth FFA
Stanley-Boyd FFA Plymouth, WI
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Photo Gallery
2023 Wisconsin FFA Nursery Landscape Photos LINK
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