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Archive for: June, 2014

Botany’s New Boys – NYTimes.com

A medium-size state capital does not become a competitive global city without a public display of shrubbery. As theories of urban development go, that’s a novel one. Yet nabobs in Iowa appear to believe in it so strongly that they are raising $18.2 million to close the dogwood gap. Specifically, the civic project is the…


CURRICULUM NEWS – Department of Horticulture Offers New Minor in Landscape Management

​The Landscape Management minor offered through the Department of Horticulture provides a framework for the academic study of the diverse areas of landscape management for non-horticulture majors. The minor combines courses in basic plant growth and development, plant selection, landscape installation and establishment, and landscape construction. The 15-credit minor is comprised of the following courses:Required HORT 221:…