Ethan Taylor

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About Ethan Taylor

Ethan Taylor earned his Bachelor of Science in Landscape Horticulture at Kansas State University. Kansas State is consistently ranked as one of the best Agricultural Sciences schools in the country. He graduated with a 3.6 gpa and is currently pursuing his Masters in Landscape Architecture at Texas A&M. As a sophomore at Kansas State, Ethan was featured in Lawn & Landscape magazine as National Student of the Month. The article covered Ethan’s participation in the Horticulture Club and his place on the National Collegiate Landscaping Team, as well as his internships and work with the Kansas State grounds crew. As a senior, Ethan took third place in Landscape Maintenance Operations at the 47th Annual National Collegiate Landscape competition, held at Mississippi State University and sponsored by the National Association of Landscape Professionals. He also placed fourth in Irrigation Installation & Troubleshooting, and ranked in the top 6% of all horticulture students in the nation. By the age of 24, Ethan had interned for over four years with some of the biggest companies in the country, and then took a position with a Kansas-based landscape company where he eventually worked his way up to Landscape Maintenance Division Manager. Ethan returned to Texas to complete his Masters in Landscape Architecture. He earned his Texas landscape irrigation license (LI26469) and founded Plant Landscape Consultants with his father, John A. Taylor, current president of the Texas Irrigation Association. Ethan specializes in turf, plant and soil health, pest and disease, landscape maintenance BMPs (best management practices), and sustainable landscape design. He is a member of the TXIA as well as the HGCIA and will sit on the TXIA board of trustees in 2024. Ethan loves his job, takes great pride in his role as an ambassador to the green industry, and lives in northwest Houston, TX, USA.