Student Groups
HortPack competes in the “Landscape Olympics”
Over spring break the HortPack, went to Provo, Utah to participate in the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) and take part in a three-day contest of various events that range from construction cost estimating, irrigation troubleshooting, backhoe operation, and plant identification.
HortPack Competes at the 2023 National Landscape Competition
For the first time in four years, the HortPack student competition team traveled to participate in the 2023 National Collegiate Landscape Competition.
Bonding Through Bingo with GSAs
NC State's crop and soil sciences graduate student association provides small group events for students seeking friendship, networking and connection.
NC State Takes 2nd in National Collegiate Soils Contest
NC State's Soil Judging Team placed second overall in the 2022 Collegiate Soil Judging Competition held at The Ohio State University.
HortPack Wins Third in National Landscape Competition
NC State’s HortPack won third place at the 2022 National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) held on campus last week.
Who is the HortPack?
The HortPack is NC State's national top-ten ranking collegiate landscaping team comprised of two and four-year students from Horticultural Science and Crop and Soil Sciences. NC State hosts the 2022 national competition next week.
Soil Judging Team Places 5th in 2021 National Competition
NC State students compete nationally in both athletics and academics. The NC State soil judging team placed fifth at the 2021 national collegiate competition.
Ag Awareness Week Re-Sprouts in the Brickyard
Alpha Zeta, NC State’s agricultural honors fraternity, recently hosted Ag Awareness Week in the Brickyard for the first time since 2019.