Congratulations to Conner Evers on being selected as a 2020 HortScholar for the 2020 Virtual AmericanHort meeting! Great video he posted on LinkedIn too for his application.
Ellen Sattler, senior in horticulture and English, is a University Museums intern assigned to the Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden surrounding Morrill Hall. During spring semester she researched and selected plants and determined their location. Sattler will spend part of her summer weeding, watering and pruning in the garden. More
A one-acre hop project is underway at the Horticulture Research Farm. The project is led by Dr. Diana Cochran (Assistant Professor and Fruit Extension Specialist) and will undergo several phases before hop plants are ready to go into the ground. The initial step, recently completed, involved setting 100 black locust poles in the ground. The…
AMES, Iowa — Sometimes, when what-you-know intersects with who-you-know, something extraordinary can occur. At least that’s how it happened for two Iowa State University graduate students.
We are excited to announce the 1st Annual Iowa State University Greenhouse Short course on Friday, November 7th at Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa- and we hope you can make it! This year our program will feature presentations delivering cutting-edge information for greenhouse growers. Specifically, our program will feature talks on plant growth regulators, flowering,…
Diana Cochran earned her Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Design from Auburn University in 2005. And, immediately started work on her Master’s degree in Nursery Production with an emphasis in alternative weed control techniques. Upon graduation with her Master’s she was hired as an instructor at Auburn University before starting work on her Ph.D. at Mississippi…
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…
Des Moines Register features Horticulture graduates “The young team at the botanical gardens” Click here for the complete story
