NewGen Boxwood , from Saunders Genetics , LLC , and Saunders Brothers are proud of to announce the joint hiring of Holly Scoggins , Ph.D. , as NewGen Program Manager and Saunders Brothers Marketing Coordinator . Scoggins fall in NewGen and Saunders Brothers with panoptic experience in horticulture that includes university - level instruction and inquiry , leading roles with national association , and specialised expertise in multiple facets of plant output .
The legal age of Scoggins ’s effort will be devoted to the administration of the expanding NewGen Boxwood programme with responsibilities for marketing , licensee direction , industry education , and outreach , and content origination and communication across various channels . As Marketing Coordinator for Saunders Brothers , Scoggins will offer a range of selling guidance and execution for the sweeping baby’s room . Specific obligation will include maintenance of the on-line plant catalog and photograph subroutine library and ordinate plant rag product .
Scoggins ’s career in gardening spans more than 25 days . She received her bachelor ’s and master ’s degrees from the University of Georgia and her Ph.D. in Horticultural Science from North Carolina State University . She is an associate professor emeritus from Virginia Tech , sack out after 20 years in the Department of Horticulture with didactics , research , and cooperative extension duty . She also served as Director for the Hahn Horticulture Garden from 2002 - 2014 . Before her newfangled positions with the Saunders company , Scoggins was Vice President of Educational Programs for AmericanHort , work on the ontogeny of light-green industry instruction programs include sessions at Cultivate , fall peculiarity conferences , and webinars .
Career pureness and awarding include Professional of the Year from Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association , an academic award from the National Perennial Plant Association , teaching awards from Virginia Tech chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture , the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , and the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society . Scoggins presently serves as President - elect of the national Perennial Plant Association , take berth in October 2021 .
“ I ’m so proud of to be work with the Saunders establishment in this duple capacity , ” said Scoggins . “ It ’s the well of two worlds . NewGen ® is the exciting cutting off - boundary of breeding , research , and marketing for boxwood and Saunders Brothers is an industry column span over 100 years and four generations of excellency and innovation . I ’ve been link with the Saunders family for many years through Virginia Tech and I could n’t pass up this opportunity to be a close part of the team . ”
For more information : Saunders Brothers2717 Tye Brook HwyPiney River , VA 22964[email protected]www.newgenboxwood.com
