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Apr 22, 2024

Elevating Horticulture with New Specialized Faculty

Explore the agricultural and plant science research conducted by three passionate assistant professors in the Department of Horticultural Science. 

Apr 16, 2024

Rylee Bays Aces Lonnie Poole Golf Course Internship

Rylee Bays chose to complete her undergraduate internship in the unique setting with the Lonnie Poole Golf Course landscape maintenance crew that provided personal and professional development. 

Apr 12, 2024

Tanner Hamerling Curates Experiences With The Arnold Arboretum

Tanner Hamerling's internship at the Arnold Arboretum allowed him to curate plants and provided unexpected opportunities to grow professional skills for graduate school. 

Apr 12, 2024

Ava Anderson Explores Her Pacific Island Heritage With Plant Sciences

Ava Anderson learns about sweetpotatoes, culture, and heritage in a Hawaiian internship 

Apr 11, 2024

HortPack Competes in the “Landscape Olympics”

Horticultural Science students compete in the 47th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition and rub elbows with industry giants. 

Apr 9, 2024

Jaleel Hewitt: Growing Caribbean Dreams

Jaleel Hewitt is a senior majoring in agroecology with big plans for sustainable agriculture in the Caribbean starting with his family farm in 

Apr 8, 2024

New Survey on Sustainability in the U.S. Floriculture Industry

NC State Univerity's Cognitive Behavioral Lab, in partnership with the American Floral Endowment, is administering a new survey to explore the scope of the industry’s sustainable practices. 

Apr 2, 2024

5 Wildlife-Friendly Native Shrubs To Plant

A landscape with native shrubs makes it possible for wildlife to float like a butterfly, sting like a bee and feast like a bird. 

Mar 18, 2024

Kalmowitz’s Trailblazing Support of Horticulture

Join Kathie Kalmowitz, Ph.D. on March 20 by #GivingPack to support the Department of Horticultural Science graduate student trajectories and innovative plant research. 

Mar 15, 2024

Extending Research to Growers in the North Carolina Mountains

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center (MHCREC) helps growers research the latest horticultural crop varieties.