Instructors

Ashley Van Doren

Nov. 17, 2025

Ashley Van Doren

Elizabeth Owsley

Sep. 9, 2025

Elizabeth Owsley

Feb. 23, 2025

Joey Meinert

Michelle Brooks

Dec. 3, 2023

Michelle Brooks

Michelle serves as an instructor for several courses within the Division of Plant Sciences & Technology, with a focus on the Horticultural Science and Design emphasis area. She is a strong advocate for experiential learning, and her courses incorporate laboratory components that provide students with hands-on experience in the campus greenhouses. Prior to assuming her instructor role, Michelle served for 28 years as the Plant Growth Facilities Coordinator for CAFNR’s greenhouse facilities. Drawing on her extensive experience in greenhouse operations and plant production, she currently provides primary faculty oversight for the Ashland Road Greenhouse Facility, which houses the…

Mikaela Adams

Sep. 16, 2018

Mikaela Adams

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Tim Moloney

Sep. 8, 2018

Tim Moloney

Prior to his teaching career, Tim Moloney spent 17 years working as the lead landscape designer and landscape sales manager for Rost, Inc. in Columbia, MO. During that time he thoroughly researched the ins and outs of the landscape design/build industry and diligently worked at learning what to and, more importantly, what not to do to help ensure a successful career in the landscape industry. His hope is that he can pass along all that he has learned through the school of hard knocks and practical experience to the next generation of landscape professionals. Educational background B.S., Plant…

Jason Young smiling.

Feb. 1, 2018

Jason Stanford Young

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Nov. 9, 2017

Marci Crosby

Rick Linhardt posing.

July 19, 2017

Rick Linhardt