PURPOSE
The purpose of the Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event (CDE) is to encourage FFA members to explore the diversity of the “Green Industry”, in terms of plant materials used, basic knowledge, skills and applications to the workplace through the agricultural education curriculum. The event requires students to identify plant materials and tools common to the industry, demonstrate knowledge and understanding of scientific principles and management practices applied in the industry via a written exam, and make observations, draw conclusions and make decisions in evaluating groups of plants and landscape designs.