Take a giant garbage bag full of shredded documents and put them back together. The bag contains millions of two-inch units. ready? go over! Stephen Ficklin, a computational biologist and assistant professor in Washington State University’s Department of Horticulture, describes the project he, postdoctoral researcher Huting Zhang, and their undergraduate and graduate students are conducting. … Read more
By February, Judian Carmack-Fayyaz hopes this greenhouse will be full of students taking a horticulture workshop. Summer is approaching, but there’s a feeling of fall in the air at FoodLab at Stony Brook’s Southampton campus. In October, Stony Brook named Judean Carmack-Fayaz as the FoodLab’s director of education, and starting Jan. 17, the FoodLab will … Read more
ORONO – Businesses and organizations interested in hosting a Maine Horticulture Apprentice are encouraged to register on the Maine Cooperative Extension website at https://extension.umaine.edu/gardening/learn/maine-horticulture-apprentice-training-micro- Testimonials/why-host-main-horticulture-intern-trainee/. The Maine Horticulture Apprenticeship is a three-part comprehensive curriculum designed to provide students with an entry-level horticulture education suitable for skilled entry into the horticulture industry. Developed with input from … Read more
Submission of two different student interactive tools (A and B) created by Genially Web SL, Cordoba, Spain. The red circles are examples of interactive elements that appear when the computer cursor hovers over the text or an arrow pin is pressed. Interactive tools were used as study aids in an online plant propagation course. Credit: … Read more
Submission of two different student interactive tools (A and B) created by Genially Web SL, Cordoba, Spain. The red circles are examples of interactive elements that appear when the computer cursor hovers over the text or an arrow pin is pressed. Interactive tools were used as study aids in an online plant propagation course. Credit: … Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The annual Indiana Horticultural Conference and Expo (IHC) returns to West Lafayette on January 23rd and 24th. Beginners and experienced small and large garden and fruit operators are invited to join Purdue agricultural specialists and educators for two days. Educational sessions and networking with Indiana and Midwestern farmers and vendors. Educational … Read more
The 59th Annual Texas Pecan Short Course will be held Jan. 23-26 at the Texas A&M University Horticulture Education Research Center, 3199 County Road 269 East, in College Station, 9 miles west of Texas A&M University. The 2023 Pecan Short Course will be January 23-26. Registration is now open. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura … Read more
University of Wisconsin Nicole Miller Madison, Wis. – On a February afternoon, about 60 students gathered around a campfire on the Madison campus of Wisconsin-DeJope residence hall. They were part of the Horticulture 380 course – Indigenous Foodways: Food and Race Sovereignty. They were there to learn about the ice fishing, game hunting, and foodways … Read more
This year, the Horticulture Club grew over 450 individual poinsettias for their annual fundraiser. By Madeline Ostendorf Hannah Kramer and the seven members of the Poinsettia Fundraising Committee sit in the Horticulture Hall Greenhouse on Tuesday evenings, leaning against tables of multicolored poinsettias that fill the space. The committee is in the final stages of … Read more
South Fort Myers MW Horticulture recently sold two properties, including one that was damaged by fire and caused problems for the surrounding communities. The new company did not acquire all of MW Horticulture. They only bought the south Fort Myers and LaBelle areas. According to the COO and president of Veranza, which bought the premises … Read more