Thursday, November 12, 2026
photos provided by Carl J. Bower, assistant professor of horticulture
Fourteen Pennsylvania College of Technology landscape/plant production technology and forest technology students, along with Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture, and Wyatt C. Forest, horticulture laboratory assistant, recently visited the Davey Tree Expert Co.’s Science, Employee, Education and Development campus.
The two-day Davey Tree Collegiate Day in Kent, Ohio, is an opportunity for students to explore various aspects of arboriculture while training in the state-of-the-art Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building and touring the grounds.
“We were one of 13 colleges to take part this year,” Bower said. “We participated in climbing and rigging activities, diagnosed insects and disease problems, worked with their industrial athletic trainer, and learned more about the company, internships and more.”
Carl J. Bower (far left), assistant professor of horticulture, and Wyatt C. Forest (sixth from right), with landscape/plant production technology and forestry students at Davey Tree Expert Co.’s SEED campus.
Seth M. Van Wagner, of Harrisburg, landscape/plant production technology, safely practices a limb walk in a controlled lab at Davey Tree Expert Co.’s SEED campus.
Students diagnose insect and disease issues in Davey Tree’s diagnostic lab.
Students join Wyatt C. Forest, horticulture laboratory assistant, on the 55-foot high canopy walk.
Students John T. Allmendinger, of Oley, forest technology, and Katelyn E. Reiff, of York, landscape/plant production technology, show their affection to a tree at Davey Tree Expert Co.’s SEED campus.
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