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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cassie Larson cassie@mnla.biz, (651) 633-4987
Professor Pedersen Receives MNLA Special Service Award
The Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association honored recently retired professor Brad Pedesen of the University of Minnesota with a Special Service Award. Pedersen was recognized during the Minnesota Green Expo that was held January 3-5 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
The MNLA Special Service Award honors members or friends of the industry who have, over a long period of time, given of themselves personally and/or professionally to make the nursery and landscape business a better industry.
Dr. Brad Pedersen devoted 33 years to the University of Minnesota. His service includes over 19 years at the University of Minnesota Technical College - Waseca and 14 years at the University's St. Paul campus. A native of South Dakota, Pedersen graduated from South Dakota State University in 1973 majoring in park management and landscape design. He completed his Master's degree in Education at the U of M and was asked to join the Waseca faculty in the Department of Horticulture Science in 1978.
While at Waseca, Pedersen served as Landscape Maintenance Supervisor for the 110-acre campus from 1973-1978. During his tenure, the faculty, staff and students of the Horticulture Department were honored as the Best Maintained Campus in the Nation by the National Grounds Management Society. As a faculty member, Pedersen designed and taught courses on landscape design, construction and maintenance, and later developed the Golf Course and Grounds Management Program.
In 1992, Pedersen began his tenure in the Department of Horticultural Science in St. Paul. He served as the faculty coordinator for the Landscape Design Program and the Landscape Implementation and Management Program. Over the years, his students designed and implemented the Department's Display and Trial Garden. He was also the principle developer of the Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series website which maintains over ten million hits from 100 countries annually. His Extension Specialist activities included both urban and commercial horticulture activities in turfgrass science and landscape design.
Pedersen is best known for his teaching and has won numerous teaching honors. He's also served MNLA directly in many ways. For many years in the 1970s, his Waseca students were responsible for the design and construction of the entry landscape at MNLA's annual conference and show. He has served on the certification, landscape management, and landscape design committees. He has been a regular contributor to MNLA's monthly magazine and has taught many, many classes for MNLA members.
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