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Horticulture Center Sows Seeds of Education

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

By Susan Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Two crops are grown in the greenhouses of the Drew Mathieson Center for Horticultural and Agricultural Technology in Manchester.

The first is the Phalenopsis orchids that this division of the Bidwell Training Center sells to local stores and florists. The second is longer lasting than any orchid’s bloom, the people who are trained to work in nurseries and other green industries. In the process, lives are rebuilt and jobs are generated.

For the full Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pp/05316/605084.stm