CALS News: Hort Is Hot!
The Department of Horticulture is featured in Hort Is Hot!‘ in the spring 2011 issue of CALS News. The article profiles some of the ‘hot’ projects in the department, including Thomas Bjorkman’s East Coast ...
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Willow-planting demo cancelled due to wet conditions
May 24 event cancelled due to wet conditions. Note new date, postponed to May 24 due to rain. Larry Smart will be hosting a Willow Zone Tillage and GPS-Guided Planting Demonstration. Date: Thursday May ...
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Friends of Long Island Horticulture 2011 Grant Recipients
From Mark Bridgen, director of the Long Island Horticulture Research and Extension Center. This year $19,065 in grants was awarded for 9 different research projects: Efficacy of cultural control measures for Alternaria Leaf Spot ...
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Special seminar May 23: The Power of Plants – Eden Project and Beyond
The Power of Plants – Eden Project and Beyond Lecture by Jane Knight, Landscape Architect for the Eden Project, UK Monday, May 23rd 2011, 12-1:15pm Room 233, Plant Science Building, Tower Road, Cornell University ...
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Hortus Forum final plant sale Friday
Hortus Forum, Cornell’s undergraduate horticulture club, will have it’s final plant sale of the year, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday May 13 at KPL greenhouses. View map.
Willow-planting demo May 24
Note new date, postponed to May 24 due to rain. Larry Smart will be hosting a Willow Zone Tillage and GPS-Guided Planting Demonstration. Date: Thursday May 19 24, 2011 Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 ...
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New online course: Teaching and learning in school gardens
Teaching and Learning in the School Garden: Theory into Practice is a new online course that focuses on the foundations and teaching strategies of garden-based learning (GBL), and provides the tools and resources that ...
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Thomas Björkman goes to Washington
Photos courtesy of Jonathan Moore, Public Affairs Consultant Thomas Björkman, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture, traveled to Washington, D.C., May 10 as part of a delegation representing the American Society for Horticultural ...
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In the news
Some recent articles of horticulture interest: April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers – In this May 3 Cornell Chronicle story, Amanda Garris describes how April’s record-setting, twice-normal rainfall is affecting farmers. Symposium ...
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May 2011 Alumni Newsletter
The May 2011 Dept. of Horticulture Alumni Newsletter is now online. Enjoy!