A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 19, 1993
Tech Students See Horticulture Des
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
FAIRLESS HILLS (Bucks Co.)
In computer publishing lingo,
it’s called WYSIWYG (pro
nounced “wisseewig”) What
You See Is What You Get.
And WYSIWYG is used full
force by members of the special
horticulture program at the Bucks
County Agricultural-Vocational
Technical School.
There, students have a chance to
take any photograph or videotape
of a structure and convert it to a
computer image, using Image
Design Software, and put in land
scape designs of any sort, includ
ing flowers, trees, or shrubs, and
produce a picture of exactly what
the design, when complete, will
look like.
The new system impressed the
board members of the local Scotts
ville Methodist Church so much
that they recently awarded savings
bonds totalling $3OO to two stu
dents of the program who designed
landscaping for the church.
Many times, students have to
draw out a landscape visualization
design using geometrical shapes,
and often cannot readily see their
mistakes, especially in color use,
balance, and other elements a
drawing sometimes doesn’t cap
ture, according to Carl Vivaldi,
horticulture instructor at the
school.
The special “what you see is
what you get system” shows
exactly what the landscape design
will look like, including place
ment, color, and other elements.
Vivaldi remembers seeing the
same type of system in use during a
tour at Delaware Valley College.
He said it impressed him so much
he decided to see if he could obtain
it for his students.
“We obtained the funding
through a Carl Perkin’s grant,”
said Vivaldi. After seeing the col
lege demonstration, and obtaining
more information from a maga
zine, he requested and obtained a
videotape about the system. The
process of applying for grants and
gelling approval look two years.
So far, about six students have
had experience with the computer,
including the two that were
awarded for their designs. One stu
dent, Elizabeth Viviano, who will
be a senior next school year, was
awarded a first-place $250 savings
bond. Her design, together with
elements from Ed Large’s second
place design (who received a $5O
savings bond), will be imple
mented by the church next fall.
All the students will obtain the
necessary material and will install
all the landscaping at the church,
according to Vivaldi.
Much of the impetus for the spe
cial program came from Vivaldi’s
own experiences as an FFA mem
ber at the Delcrofl FFA Chapter in
Delaware County. “I used all the
experiences with my involvement
in FFA and passed diem on to my
students,’’ he said.
Vivaldi said that the program at
the Bucks County Technical
School has garnered several state
and national winners, including
involvement in the floricultural
regional contests two years in a
row and two national gold medal
winners in landscaping two years
in a row.
The Bucks Technical School
includes students from six districts
and three private schools. There,
students attend the programs,
including carpentry, masonry, auto
mechanics, restaurant and hotel
management, computers, photo
graphy, and many others for a two
week program every other two
weeks.
In all, about 42 students are
involved in three different project
areas, including greenhouse man
agement, floriculture, and land
scape design.
AG Rl-1 NO. The Construction Professionals
Carl Vivaldi, Bucks Tech horticulture instructor, far right, poses with students at the
entrance to the recent Philadelphia Fair. The students designed and constructed the
special display at the fair.
Espy Appoints Noss To National Board
SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.)
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative
member and director David N.
Noss, of Port Royal, was recently
appointed by U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture Mike Espy to the
National Dairy Promotion and
Research Board.
Noss was among nine new
members and three incumbents
appointed to the board. He is to
serve a three-year term as the Reg
ion 11 representative. He also has
been assigned to serve on the
Board’s Public Relations and
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Noss and his wife, Sharon, farm
in partnership with his brother,
Larry. They operate a 230-acre
farm in Juniata County, where
they milk 60 Holsteins. TTie Noss
family has been a member of
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative for 25
years.
Active in his community, Noss
is past president of both the Junia
ta County Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association and the county
Soil Conservation District. He
currently serves on both the
Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing
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Features
Association and the Pennmarva
Dairymen’s Federation board of
directors. He is an elder and choir
member of the Port Royal Pre
sbyterian Church.
The Nosses have two children,
Karen and Ryan.
Established by the 1983 Dairy
and Tobacco Adjustment Act, the
National Dairy Board is composed
of 36 dairy farmers representing
13 regions. The Board is responsi
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wide promotion, research and
nutrition education program.
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