Drs. Linda Prokopy and Aaron Thompson will present “#DiverseCornBelt: Visioning What Can Come Next” Thursday, December 8, 11:30-12:45 at 241 Pfendler Hall (Dean’s Auditorium) as part of the “Imagining A Sustainable Future” initiative. Researchers from the #DiverseCornBelt (#DCB) Project will discuss how their vision for a more sustainable future drives their work. #DCB explores how to enhance[Read More…]
Many faculty, staff, and graduate students from HLA attended this year’s American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) in Chicago earlier this week. The department hosted a table at the Graduate Student Recruitment Event. About 20 current, former, and soon-to-be faculty, staff, and students joined Department Head Linda Prokopy for a fun and lively dinner at[Read More…]
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this[Read More…]
On a windy, chilly Saturday HLA’s Spring Fest tent was abuzzed with excited attendees. Children and adults were lined up to get our famous plant necklaces. Our Purdue Extension Master Gardener Volunteers from Tippecanoe County recorded 350 educational contacts and 134 people taking the “Lawn Weed Challenge.” Children of all ages learned about landscape architecture[Read More…]
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) and the College of Agriculture (CoA) are vital partners of the Indiana Mint Market Development and Research Council (IMMDC). Meredith Cobb (CoA research administration specialist), Petrus Langenhoven, Lori Hoagland, Stephen Meyers (HLA), and Elizabeth Long (ENT) support Midwest mint grower efforts with research projects on peppermint and[Read More…]