Dawn's Dirt
Dawn Stover is a Research Associate with the SFA Mast Arboretum in Nacogdoches, Texas. She earned a B.S. in Biology from West Texas A&M in 1996, and an M.S. in Agriculture from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1999. Her initial horticultural experience began at Treesearch Farms in Houston. From there she entered graduate school at SFA and continued her horticultural experience in the Forestry Department with Dr. Shiyou Li’s Camptotheca acuminata research project, and later with the Agriculture Department at the SFA Mast Arboretum.
Mrs. Stover currently maintains the living plant collection within the SFA Mast Arboretum. She is responsible for maintenance of the arboretum and the horticulture greenhouse facilities. She is responsible for two increasingly successful sales annually that raise money for the arboretum, as well as coordinating students workers and volunteers. Very often, she can be found teaching labs for horticulture students, working with volunteers, or lecturing to a wide variety of gardening enthusiasts. In the spring of 2003, Dawn will be teaching Annuals and Perennials, her first course as an instructor at Stephen F. Austin State University. She works closely with the horticulture industry as well as the public.