horticulture

May 27, 2011

Glen explores impacts of Extension’s ‘gardens of learning’

Research on Extension gardens culminates in a project presented at N.C. State’s Graduate Student Research Symposium. 

May 18, 2011

Bamboo ‘roller-coaster’ bistro is shaped for relaxation on campus

Students from Will Hooker’s Landscape Design studio have built a new bamboo sculpture in front of Kilgore Hall. 

May 12, 2011

N.C. State gets boost for cabbage research

Using an extensive cabbage germplasm collection given to N.C. State University by Monsanto Co., scientists expect to develop new and improved varieties to increase demand for cabbage and expand production in North Carolina. 

May 9, 2011

JC Raulston Arboretum presents 'Superhero Plants' program for kids

It’s a tree! It’s a shrub! It’s a superhero plant! It's the JC Raulston Arboretum’s “Superhero Plants: Protectors of Clean Water” program for children. 

Apr 1, 2011

Wake Up! It’s Spring! children’s program launched at JCRA

JC Raulston Arboretum’s “Wake Up! It’s Spring!” new family program sprang to life March 26. 

Mar 28, 2011

Bryce Lane to host campus plant walk, April 16

Bryce Lane, undergraduate coordinator in the Horticultural Science Department and host of the Emmy Award-winning show In the Garden on WUNC-TV, will lead participants on a tour describing the plants and trees on N.C. State University’s North Campus at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16. 

Mar 24, 2011

Nursery collaborates with N.C. State to solve production challenges

From its greenhouses and farm in Rougemont, Hoffman Nursery sells ornamental and native grass liners -- or starter plants -- wholesale to customers all across the United States and Canada. But when the company’s owners need solutions to production problems, they frequently look much closer to home -- to the agricultural research and Extension experts at N.C. State University. 

Feb 22, 2011

Anne Edwards is new Carteret director

Anne Edwards, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension horticulture agent for Carteret County, has been named to direct the county’s extension program. 

Feb 8, 2011

Blankenship named fellow of international horticulture society

Dr. Sylvia Blankenship is the first person from N. C. State University to receive the honor, one of two women and one of four Americans to be elected a Fellow of the International Society of Horticultural Science. 

Feb 8, 2011

Project aims to make wine grape growers more competitive

The ground beneath vineyards and what grows there — in addition to grape vines — could play a role in making wine grape growers in North Carolina and elsewhere along the East Coast more competitive and profitable.