9/19/18 Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair by Sarah A. Miller
Read MoreTroup High School senior Chase Griffin, 17, center, carries a shovel to compete in the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Misty Wilson, 16, a junior, and Kathryn Brown, 17, a senior at Big Sandy High School, competes in the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition
A classmate hands Troup High School senior Tristan Mahoney, 17, a Liriope plant, as he works inside his team's planter box during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Troup High School junior Harlee Hunter, 16, stands in her team's planter during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Canton High School senior Taylor Grant, 16, holds a plant before placing it in a planter as her team competes in the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Troup High School junior Harlee Hunter, 16, stands in her team's planter during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition
Troup High School sophomore Courtney Thurman, 15, sits in her team's planter arranging plants during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Longview High School junior Angelica Labarria, 16, far right, directs where plants should be placed in their planter during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Longview High School's sophomore Michele Loza, 15, plants flowers during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Gilmer High School's junior Cathrine Bennett, 16, laughs, as she places a plant into the dirt during the Horticulture Show Landscape Design Competition at the East Texas State Fair on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2018. Teams from local high schools competed in designing and making a themed 4 foot by 7 foot planter box. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)