Get creative this Thanksgiving! Purdue HORT 370 invites the HLA community to a Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement Workshop on November 23 from 6–8 p.m. in the Horticulture Greenhouse, Room 1104. Participants will get hands-on experience designing and creating a fall-inspired centerpiece featuring seasonal blooms and rich foliage. All flowers and materials are provided, and light refreshments…Read more about Create a Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement at HORT 370 Workshop[Read More]
On October 3rd, students in Purdue University’s HORT 317: Landscape Contracting and Management course recently gained valuable hands-on experience by partnering with Purdue Grounds to install a new landscape in front of Pao Hall. As part of the project, students prepared the site, laid new sod, installed ornamental grasses, and planted spring-flowering bulbs that will…Read more about Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Students Work With Purdue Grounds to Enhance Landscape at Pao Hall[Read More]
Dr. Ariana Torres, Associate Professor in HLA and AGEC, is a co-author on a new paper, “Consumer Preferences for Wildlife-Friendly Native Plants in the United States,” published in the Journal of Environmental Horticulture (44(3):125-133). Using a discrete choice experiment with 2,011 U.S. plant purchasers, the study examines how wildlife-related labels influence willingness to pay for…Read more about New Publication from Ariana Torres[Read More]
Dr. Celina Gómez and M.S. students Antoine Nieuwenhuyse and Ma. Fernanda Moreno attended the Floriculture Research Alliance Meeting in New Haven, Connecticut. Both students presented research posters, and Moreno’s poster tied for first place in the student competition. Congratulations to Ma. Fernanda Moreno on this outstanding achievement. Gómez also presented an update on the lab’s…Read more about Gómez Lab Present Research at Floriculture Research Alliance Meeting[Read More]
Congratulations to Katherine Pivaral Toledo (MS, HLA; now at Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources) on the publication of “From fields to markets: Diversification case studies in the U.S. Corn Belt via a social-ecological systems lens” in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Co-authored with Dr. Ariana Torres the study is part of…Read more about Katherine Pivaral Toledo Publishes Study on Corn Belt Crop Diversification[Read More]
Josh Widhalm presented virtually at the 2026 Sino-American Conference on New Horizons in Plant Science, held jointly by the Botanical Society of America and the Botanical Society of China in Tai’an, Shandong Province, China. His talk was titled “Investigating the Phytotoxic Mechanism of Action of the Allelochemical Juglone.”
Anna Paltseva gave an invited talk at the Regenerative Textile Forum during Climate Week NYC. The forum, hosted by Why Regenerative, gathered brands, farmers, designers, and sustainability leaders. Her talk, “Soil: Fashion’s Missing Metric,” argued that soil is where natural fibers begin and where textile waste ends, yet fashion’s sustainability frameworks rarely measure it. She…Read more about Paltseva Highlights Soil’s Role in Sustainable Fashion at Climate Week NYC[Read More]
Members of Celina Gómez’s lab, including graduate students and a new intern, recently traveled to Michigan for a three-day tour of commercial greenhouse operations, including a visit to Walters Gardens. Alexandra Jewell, Isaac Damer, and Ethan Meyers also joined the group during the trip. As part of the International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) meeting, a…Read more about Gómez Lab Explores Michigan Greenhouses and Presents at IPPS Meeting[Read More]
HORT 10100 lab sections recently visited Flint Creek Orchard for a hands-on learning experience led by orchard owner Paul Howard, a former member of Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. During the tour, students explored commercial fruit production practices and gained insight into the management of a working orchard.
Dr. Ariana Torres and members of the Torres Lab, Visiting Scholar Alvaro Hernandez and Postdoctoral Researcher Juliano M.R. Marques, examined how food-label preferences among agricultural buyers relate to sourcing from diversified farms. Using survey data from procurement managers, the study identified distinct buyer segments based on preferences for certified and non-certified sustainability labels and found…Read more about New Research Connects Food Label Preferences to Diversified Farm Purchasing[Read More]