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Editor’s Note: One of our HLA Presenters was inadvertently missing from the previous version of this story. Antonio Verzotto will also present at the Indiana Green Expo. HLA Happenings regrets this error. Fourteen of HLA’s Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students will speak at the Indiana Green Expo, January 30 – February 1 at the Indiana…Read more about HLA Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students Will Present at the Indiana Green Expo[Read More]


This week we celebrated eight of our faculty and staff’s milestone years of service at Purdue: a total of 210 years of experience between them. Congratulations to: Cary Mitchell (50 years) Mike Dana (40 years) Elizabeth Maynard (30 years) Peter Hirst (25 years) John Orick (25 years) Cale Bigelow (20 years) Lora White (10 years)…Read more about HLA’s Years of Service Celebration[Read More]


3 The HORT 318 class visited Meigs on Wednesday. Lab concentrated on learning how to prune grape vines (with Miranda Purcell), peaches and apples (with Peter Hirst). Kyle Daniel showed them the effect of container type on root development. The students also harvested Cruciferous crops that were planted in September. Petrus Langenhoven showed them you…Read more about HORT 318 Learns to Prune Grapes Vines, Apple and Peach Trees[Read More]


4 The HLA Welcome Back Bash was a success despite the rain ending it earlier than planned.  Undergraduate students enjoyed the taco bar, cornhole, the photo booth, and bingo (with prizes!).  Thank you to Robin Tribbet, Gloribel Rosales-Burdin, Ashley Breed, Pam Fisher, Kyle Daniel, Kirby Kalbaugh, Mike Dana, Kathryn Orvis, Steve Hallett, Josh Widhalm, Cale…Read more about HLA’s Welcome Back Bash[Read More]



Thanks to the excellent weather, over 400 attendees came out to the Daniel Turf Center for the 2022 Turf and Landscape Field Day, presented by the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation. HLA faculty and staff who helped put on this program included Aaron Patton, Kyle Daniel, Ashley Breed, Cale Bigelow, Jada Powlen, Glenn Hardebeck, Ben Royal,…Read more about 2022 Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day[Read More]


The 2022 Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day will be on Tuesday, July 26, at the Daniel Turf Center.  HLA Participants include Aaron Patton, Kyle Daniel, Ashley Breed, Cale Bigelow, Jada Powlen, Glenn Hardebeck, Ben Royal, Brandon McNally, Vera Vukovic, and Amanda Folck.




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