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Wayne Mackay, Ph. D.
Wayne Mackay is a lifelong horticulturist, starting his career in the
commercial floriculture industry prior to returning to obtain his advanced
degrees at the University of Delaware and the University of Maryland. He
joined Texas A&M University in 1991, working to domesticate wild species
for use in the garden and identify superior floricultural plants. He
recently joined the University of Florida as Professor and Center Director
of a leading research program in environmental horticulture. His love of
gardening has been stimulated by trips to many of the worlds outstanding
gardens, garnering ideas that resulted in his personal garden being
featured in Southern Living Magazine. |
Cynthia McKenney, Ed.D.
Cynthia McKenney is an avid horticulturist receiving her B.S. and M.S. in
Ornamental Horticulture from Texas Tech University. She received her
doctorate in Higher Education Administration and has been on faculty at
Texas Tech University since 1984. Her teaching portfolio includes several
plant material identification courses as well as arboriculture and nursery
management. She has also taken students on garden tours to such places as
England, Italy, France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Cynthia researches in the
area of native plants and wildflowers and actively participates is the
enhancement and release of native ornamentals. |
H. Brent Pemberton, Ph. D.
Brent Pemberton was born in
Temple, Texas and has been involved in gardening since a very early age.
He received a B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture from Texas Tech University
in 1978 and a Ph.D. in Floriculture from the University of Minnesota in
1983. He has been an Ornamental Plant Research Project Leader in the Texas
A&M System since 1982 where he currently holds the title Professor. His
research specialties include bedding plant production and greenhouse and
garden performance evaluations, field and nursery production of garden
roses, plant growth regulators, and landscape water use. Gardening is a
passion fueled by visits to gardens and ornamental plant production
centers in both the U.S. and abroad.
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