Get ready to dig into spring at the Spring Fest Plant Sale on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Purdue Horticulture Society and the Purdue Student Farm Organization will be selling a wide selection of plants in the HORT Greenhouse. Stop by to find plants for your garden and home, support…Read more about Spring Fest Plant Sale[Read More]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against The Purdudes Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 27 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points, tied in 8th place. In the Team Category: Good Thyme Gang placed 3rd with team handicap series scoring a 2741. In the Women’s Category:…Read more about HLA Bowling Team[Read More]
Karen Mitchell, Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist, delivered a timely presentation, “Finding Your Friends: Beneficial Bug ID,” to a full room at the Tippecanoe County Master Gardener monthly meeting. The session emphasized the important role insects and spiders play in supporting ecological services, including pest control and pollination. Attendees learned to distinguish beneficial species from common…Read more about Karen Mitchell Presents Beneficial Bug ID Program to Local Master Gardeners[Read More]
This week, HLA is celebrating Graduate Appreciation Week with a series of events honoring our graduate students. Festivities included a graduate student lunch featuring a trivia game, a graduate appreciation breakfast and egg hunt, and an ice cream social. Congratulations to trivia winners Jose Carlos Cabezas Alvarez, Grace Lentz, and Celia Corado—and thank you to…Read more about Graduate Appreciation Week Celebration[Read More]
Helen Nocito Major Professor: Dr. Stephen Meyers MS DEFENSE SEMINAR April 14th @ 8:00 a.m. Room: HORT 222 “IMPROVED PUMPKIN WEED MANAGEMENT THROUGH MODIFIED HERBICIDE APPLICATION METHODS AND CEREAL RYE TERMINATION AND BURNDOWN” Abstract: Indiana is a leading producer of fresh market pumpkins, but early season weed competition can greatly reduce pumpkin yield and fruit…Read more about MS Defense Seminar: Helen Nocito[Read More]
A National Science Foundation grant was awarded to Neil Knobloch, Jason Ware, Hui-Hui Wang (Co-PIs), and Petrus Langenhoven, Betty Feng, Roger Tormoehlen, Bryan Hains, and Kristina Hains (Senior Personnel). The grant titled “Developing and Testing Innovations (DTI): Interdisciplinary iNcubation STEM design challenges through community Engagement with academic and industry Professionals (IN-STEP)” is a three-year NSF…Read more about Petrus Langenhoven Part of NSF-Funded IN-STEP STEM Education Project[Read More]
Ashley Adair presented a guest lecture on “UAV’s in Horticulture” during AGRY 598: Crop Management, Drone Flight, and Imaging on March 31st. Students learned about current and past projects in HLA, including research on the Purdue Student Farm, sweetpotato and strawberry research from the Meyers Lab, watermelon trials managed by Wenjing Guan and the team…Read more about Ashley Adair Shares UAV Applications in Horticulture with AGRY 598 Students[Read More]
Karen Mitchell, Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist, and Gina Anderson, ANR/CD Extension educator in Floyd County, were featured on the Hoosier Ag Today “Your Community Podcast” to discuss Purdue Extension’s Grass to Garden program. They shared how the program supports communities in transforming underutilized green spaces into productive gardens to enhance access to fresh food and…Read more about Purdue Extension’s Grass to Garden Program Spotlighted on Hoosier Ag Today[Read More]
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