Reposted from CALS Notes: The Dutch surname Klaver means ‘clover’ in English, so it’s only fitting that Tim Klaver was raised surrounded by horticulture in North Holland, where his family operates a tulip farm. ...
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From Jeffrey Beem-Miller, Society of Horticulture for Graduate Students (SoHo): Celebrate Horticulture this Earth Day! Come learn about plant propagation, make beautiful artwork with plant materials (cyanotypes, right), and compete with the bees for prizes ...
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If you missed yesterday’s School of Integrative Plant Science seminar, Engineering the symbiotic signalling pathway of cereals, with Giles Oldroyd, Project Leader, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, it’s available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | ...
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Ian Peach, 2014 Frederick Dreer Award recipient will be presenting a seminar on his travels to Christchurch, New Zealand and the landscape architectural response to the earthquake. His talk is entitled: Seedbombs and Teatime: The ...
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Emily Detrick, graduate student in the Public Garden Leadership program, will speak on Cultivating Alpine Plants in the Northeast at the April 18 meeting of the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden ...
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Learn botanical illustration online. Three courses taught by Marcia Eames-Sheavly start May 4, 2015: Basic Drawing Techniques Working with watercolor Advanced Techniques You can view works by students in previous classes on display in ...
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With the grass finally starting to green up in the Northeast, two new iBooks from Cornell University will help you turn your lawn into an environmental asset — as well as a beautiful place ...
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Measure to know! How healthy is your soil? There’s only one way to find out: Test it! For farmers, gardeners, landscape managers and researchers who want to go beyond merely testing the nutrient levels ...
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Nina Bassuk, founder of Cornell University’s Urban Horticulture Institute, is the recipient of a 2015 Arbor Day Award in honor of her outstanding contribution to tree planting, conservation and stewardship, the Arbor Day Foundation ...
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Cornell University researchers have discovered that it is possible to alter plant flowering time and other traits by manipulating soil microbial communities, a finding that they ultimately hope will help reduce crop inputs on ...
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