The Purdue Exponent covered the final tree planting in the 1869 Tree Planting Master Plan on June 11: Purdue ends five year plan, plants 3,738th tree.
This year, the Purdue Arboretum reached another milestone. In 2019—together with Purdue Grounds Department, Campus Planning, and Architecture and Sustainability Facilities—they proposed that 1869 trees would be planted on campus over a period of 5 years, as part of a Tree Planting Master Plan initiative. This number quickly grew to 3738 trees, which was determined…Read more about The Purdue Arboretum and HLA Student Volunteers Plant Hundreds of Trees at Horticulture Park[Read More]
Professor Paul Siciliano attended FarmHouse Fraternity’s Fall Academic/Faculty Appreciation Dinner. Each semester, Farmhouse hosts an Academic Dinner to celebrate the scholastic success of FarmHouse and its members. Members of the fraternity recommend someone that has had a great impact on their academic career. This fall, Professor Siciliano was recommended by one of his students and…Read more about Paul Siciliano Attended FarmHouse Fraternity’s Fall Academic/Faculty Appreciation Dinner[Read More]
The Purdue Exponent published a feature story on the Purdue Arboretum’s effort to map all the plants on Purdue’s Campus. Paul Siciliano, Kirby Kalbaugh, and HLA undergraduate interns Kayla Edgerly, Madeline Budan, and Jennifer Kerr were interviewed for the story. You can explore Purdue’s 40,000+ plants at the Purdue Arboretum’s website.
The Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day was held on July 18 at the W. H. Daniel Turfgrass Research and Diagnostic Center. Aaron Patton, Cale Bigelow, Kyle Daniel, Lori Hoagland, Paul Siciliano, Lily Berry, Jada Powlen, and Antonio Verzotto all participated in the event, which included research presentations and educational sessions.
The Purdue 1869 Tree Planting Master Plan, an initiative that involves planting 3738 trees by fiscal year 2025, won an award this fall in the “Environmental Sustainability Category” from the Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (INASLA). The total number of trees proposed for planting on campus was determined by doubling 1869,…Read more about The Purdue 1869 Tree Planting Master Plan Wins Award at from INASLA[Read More]
Paul Siciliano & Purdue Arboretum was featured in a Purdue news release on Purdue University receiving the Tree Campus USA Award for the 13th consecutive year: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2022/Q2/purdue-presented-with-tree-campus-usa-award-for-13th-consecutive-yearadline.html