Floriculture team joins internship workshop

Rod Larse, The Journal | Last updated Oct 13, 2021 11:30am0

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From left Alexis Melcher, Annika Holland, Klover Mullins, and Amy Anderson. Alyssa Williams, not pictured, is also part of the LRS team but was unable to attend.

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RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville FFA Floriculture Team participated in an internship, September 25, hosted by the American Institute of Floral Designers.

Initially the students were to travel to the AIFD National Conference in Chicago. Because of COVID-19 the AIFD conference was canceled, but the students were hosted in a virtual internship workshop, in the Ritzville Ag Shop and classroom, with AIFD certified designers.

In advance of the workshop, floral items were shipped from Green Point Nursery in Kealakai, Hawaii. Designers showed the students an example of what they were going to make, and...