Food donations top 1 million pounds
This year’s ‘Food donations by the numbers … ‘ 141,936 – Pounds of fresh produce from the Homer C. Thompson Research Farm in Freeville donated in 2010 to food relief efforts such as Food ...
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Yearly Archives: 2010
Art of Horticulture final projects
On November 30, students in the Art of Horticulture (Hort 2010) presented their final projects, expressing their creativity through floral-inspired posters, sod sculptures, mosaics, garlands, craft work, and more. View projects. Class project: Sod ...
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Equador, China travelogues
If you missed the recent informal seminars by Neil Matson and Melissa Kitchen, you can still scan their images from recent travels in China and Equador: Culture and Horticulture along China’s Silk Road and ...
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Cornell Organic Lawn Care Course Jan. 11
Cornell’s Organic Lawn Care Course is a BeGreen qualifying course to be offered at the Empire State Green Industry Show, Jan. 11, 2011. Participants may take a half hour exam at the end of ...
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Dreer Award winner featured in N.Z. press
Dreer Award winner Erin Marteal (’10 MPS Public Garden Leadership), in New Zeland investigating the use of permaculture in public gardens, is featured in the article Teacher studies unique plot in the Nov. 10 ...
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They said it – Gulf ‘dead zone’ edition
“Given the pivotal role of tile drainage in transporting fertilizer nitrogen from agricultural fields to streams and rivers, we need to consider some form of regulation if we expect to reverse hypoxia in the ...
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Sam Bosco attending UNFCCC COP16
Department of Horticulture graduate student Sam Bosco (right) is one of 24 Cornell students attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Conference of Parties 16 (UNFCCC COP16) to be held in ...
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Christine Hadekel in Kenya
Garden-Based Learning Program staff member Christine Hadekel has continued her commitment to empowering people through gardening while working on her Master of Public Administration with a concentration in International Development Studies. Christine was featured ...
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Poinsettia Sale Dec. 6 & 7
Cornell’s student horticulture club, Hortus Forum, presents it’s annual Poinsettia Sale: December 6 & 7 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. KPL Greenhouses Traditional reds as well as other colorful varieties: 4” mini-pots: ...
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Conservatory meeting Nov. 17
A meeting with Senior Associate Dean Jan Nyrop to discuss the teaching functions of Cornell’s greenhouses will be held Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in 404 Plant Science Building. Yesterday, the Cornell Chronicle published ...
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