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Professor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service Landscape Horticulturist
Phone: 979-845-8564
FAX: 979-845-8906
E-mail: wc-welch@tamu.edu Dr. Welch can serve on Graduate Advisory Committees by Special Appointment.
As a Professor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service Horticulturist, Dr. Welch provides educational information and programs for county extension agents, nursery professionals, and civic groups, as well as the general public. In November 1988, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service presented Dr. Welch with the Superior Service Award citing his successful educational programs.
Dr. Welch has been instrumental in developing the Texas Certified Nursery Professional program of TNLA. In 1986, he was presented the Arp Award by the Texas Association of Nurserymen for his contributions to the Texas nursery industry.
He has served on the Board of the Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. as Landscape Design Chairman and has been awarded a Lifetime Membership in that organization. He coordinates the Landscape Design Study Course program with Texas Garden Clubs, Inc., currently offering two courses each year. He is a past president and an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Garden History Society. In May, 1993, Dr. Welch was made a Member-at-large of the Garden Club of America in recognition of his programs and writings on exploring and interpreting our gardening heritage. In 2007 Zone 9 of the Garden Club of America recognized him for his contributions toward the preservation of our gardening heritage and in 2008 he was presented their Distinguished Service medal for his passion, knowledge and unselfish contributions in the name of horticulture. In June, 2009 the American Horticulture Society is presenting the Great American Gardeners Award to Dr. Welch for his acocmplishments in gardening communications.
Books by Dr. Welch include:
Perennial Garden Color, released in 1989 by Taylor Publishing Co. Dallas,Tx, is a comprehensive work on perennials, old garden roses and the cottage gardening concept in Texas and the South.
Antique Roses for the South, published by Taylor in 1990 and revised in 2004, is an expansion of his work with generations of Southern Roses.
The Southern Heirloom Garden, published by Taylor in 1995 and co-authored by Greg Grant, addresses the history and cultures that shaped our Southern Gardens. The plant section includes essays on the history, culture, and use of heirloom plants in today's garden. It is currently being revised and will be available from the Texas A&M University Press in early 2010.
The Bountiful Cutflower Garden, co-authored by Neil C. Odenwald and William C. Welch, published by Taylor in 2000, details the annuals, perennials and foliage plants suitable for flower arrangements which can be grown in Texas and Southern United States.
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