Lynnette Swanson

Unit Coordinator
Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Environmental Horticulture
(757) 683-2816
lswanson@vt.edu

Education and Degrees
Lynnette Swanson is the Environmental Horticulture Extension Agent for the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Lynnette received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Christopher Newport University in 1978. She completed her Master's in Environmental Horticulture from Virginia Tech in 1996.

Lynnette came to Extension with over 16 years of experience in the Horticulture industry, coordinating paid and unpaid staff for maintenance and special events, and developing educational training programs.

Lynnette is responsible for the urban and environmental horticulture concerns within the City of Norfolk. She conducts educational and informational training programs for the community and she coordinates the City of Norfolk Master Gardener Volunteer Program.