The School of Integrative Plant Sciences has hosted three field days in the last two days.
August 1 was the Floriculture Field Day, which attracted 90 growers, educators and others to a morning of presentations on campus followed by lunch, tours of annual trials and perennial flower plantings, and hands-on workshops at the Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Center.
Also August 1, more than 100 people attended the Cornell Industrial Hemp Field Day at the NYSIP Foundation Seed Barn on Dryden Road. They got a close-up look at trials featuring 17 grain, fiber and dual-purpose industrial hemp varieties, and heard the latest from experts from Cornell and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on potential pests and diseases, seed quality and other topics. Visit the Cornell Industrial Hemp website for more information.
August 2, horticulture researchers at Bluegrass Lane hosted an informal collaborative open house for nearly 100 SIPS, CUAES, NYSAES, and Grounds staff, students, interns and volunteers. Attendees viewed trials of annuals and perennials, hybrid oaks, tree drought evaluation, David Austin Roses, and more.
Bluegrass Lane and the Hemp Field Trials are managed by the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES).