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Landscape club students from the Department of horticulture participated in the ISU for you promise night at Blank Park Zoo
April 11th, 2025Elementary students and their families from Des Moines public schools engaged with our students, learning about Horticulture and Iowa State.
Iowa State University Horticulture students attend 2025 National Collegiate Landscape Competition
March 26th, 2025Iowa State University Horticulture students challenged themselves over spring break at the 2025 National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Nine participants in the three-day event demonstrated their skills in 30 real-world competitive events and networked with top industry companies as well as dozens of the biggest industry manufacturers…

Adam Thoms, Ph.D.
March 12th, 2025Congratulations to Adam Thoms, Ph.D., the new Sports Field Management Association President!

ADVISING AWARD
March 12th, 2025Congratulations to Dr. Adam Thoms for receiving the “CALS Outstanding Achievement in Advising Award”
Landscape Club’s Design Sessions Fundraiser
March 3rd, 2025This past Saturday the Landscape Club hosted their fundraiser. The Landscape Club’s Design Sessions fundraiser is a win for everyone. Clients from the Iowa State community receive design advice, plant recommendations, and perspective sketches for their home landscapes. Students benefit from hands-on, real-world application of what they learn in class. The event raises…
Horticulture at Sustainapalooza 2025
February 28th, 2025On Monday, February 24, 2025, the Iowa State University Organic Agriculture and Urban Agriculture programs hosted a booth at Sustainapalooza 2025. With the theme, “Our Green Community, Our Sustainable Future” participants were able to learn about organic farming practices, pick up stickers, and support urban ag. Horticulture program staff, Josiah Pollock, Karenna Petersen and Graham…
Grad Student Akshaya Thinakaran wins at Organic Research Forum’s poster competition at the Marbleseed Conference.
February 28th, 2025Akshaya Thinakaran one of Ajay Nair’s graduate students, participated in the Organic Research Forum’s poster competition at the Marbleseed Conference last week and won third place for her research on “Organic Pest Management of Broccoli using Mesotunnels in the Midwest”.