Department of Horticultural Science
![Hand holding vermicompost with worms.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/worms-in-compost-1.jpg)
Waste Solutions: Vermicomposting
![Seven-year-old boy poses with the container garden on his deck](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Charles-and-his-garden-1.jpg)
Grow Box Gets Kids Growing — Fall Vegetables, That Is
![A man standing in field with hills in the background](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ashton-Thompson-edited-1.jpg)
Raising Protein and Produce With Aquaponics
![Two men looking at plants inside a large container garden with purple lights.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Vertical_Farming-1.jpg)
Vertical Farming Makes the Most of Limited Space
![Todd Wehner](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/toddwehner-1.jpg)
A Special Specialty Crops Breeder
![A blonde woman kneeling down next to large pots of bedding flowers.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Alicain_Carlson_Syngenta-1.jpg)
Alicain Carlson Finds Purpose, Joy in Improving Floriculture
![Pile of green and Orange pumpkins with warts](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/warty-pumpkins-1.jpg)
Raising Pumpkins in Hues from Orange to Blue
![Man and boy pose with a giant jack-o'-lantern.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Image-1-1.jpeg)
Growing Giants
![sweet potatoes in crate](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sweet-potatoes.jpg)
NC State Team Finds Solution for Sweetpotato Problem
![Two children building a stick structure in the woods](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/markus-spiske-1S0-pHmQ-TY-unsplash-1-1.jpg)