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John Garlisch

Title
County Program Director/Ext. Ag. Agent (4H/Natural Resources), Bernalillo County Extension Office
Office Location 1510 Menaul Ext. Blvd NW, Albq. NM 87107
Office Phone 505-243-1386
Cell Phone 505-750-1882
FAX 505-243-1545
Email garlisch@nmsu.edu
Associations CES
Personal Bio John is originally from rural Central Illinois where he grew up on a family farm. He was actively involved in 4-H representing Illinois at National Junior Horticulture Judging and at the National Club Congress. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he earned a BS in Horticulture (2002) and an MS in Agriculture Consumer Economics (2008). He served in various leadership capacities with the Hort Club, Collegiate 4-H, and Beta Sigma Psi (National Lutheran Fraternity), and he was a member of Pi Alpha Xi (Honorary Horticulture Fraternity) and Alpha Zeta (Honorary Agriculture Fraternity). During his schooling, he studied for a semester at Wageningen Agriculture University in the Netherlands and interned in Germany with the Deutsche Bauern Verband (German Farmer's Union) working at an arboretum and a rhododendron nursery. John joined the Bernalillo County staff in Spring 2010. He is working with 4-H youth, assisting local farmers with business and production planning, facilitating agricultural educational programs and outdoor classroom projects with area schools, and answering questions from the public concerning the identification of plants and their culture, production, diseases, and pests.
Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. in Horticulture 2002

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. in Agriculture and Consumer Economics 2008

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