NNLA BOARD WELCOMES TERRI JAMES

Terri James was appointed to the NNLA Board of Directors in October 2018 as an Advisory member.

Terri grew up on a small, family-owned farm just south of Lincoln. In 2003 she received a bachelor’s degree in horticulture with an emphasis on design from University of Nebraska Lincoln. She was then offered a position with the Nebraska State Fair Park in Lincoln as the property’s horticulturist, where she managed the 200-acre property for the next five years.

She returned to the university and the department in 2008, taking the position of extension assistant for urban gardening, and continued her education at Nebraska by pursuing a master’s degree in public horticulture. She received her master’s degree in May 2016.

Terri joined the UNL Department of Agronomy and Horticulture faculty in August of 2016 as an assistant extension educator. She coordinates the Nebraska Master Gardener program and works with Backyard Farmer.

Terri states her interests are in helping to improve consumers’ knowledge about landscapes and gardening by providing research-based resources. By using the great Nebraska Extension programs, Backyard Farmer and Master Gardeners, she can dispense excellent research-based landscape information through television, social media, on-line classes and hands-on training.

Terri lives in Lincoln with her husband, Russ and continues to add to and improve her own urban landscape.