The Purdue Student Farm (PSF), a small-scale sustainable farm managed by the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, has received the prestigious 2025 Purdue Agriculture TEAM Award. This honor recognizes interdisciplinary excellence in teaching, research, and extension. Located on the northern edge of campus, PSF serves as a hands-on learning lab for students and a[Read More…]
Josh Widhalm, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture, has been appointed and assumed the responsibilities of director of Purdue University’s Center for Plant Biology (CPB). Widhalm’s roles will include enhancing CPB’s community-building activities, fostering collaboration to enable more interdisciplinary grant submissions and increasing the center’s and its members’ visibility. Widhalm succeeds Natalia Dudareva, a[Read More…]
HLA post-docs and staff attended the Builder’s Initiative Diverse Market Case Study project kick-off meeting in Burlington, VT. Building off work from the Diverse Corn Belt project, this work will conduct in-depth case studies on supply chains of emerging, established, and failed diverse markets across the Midwest. Case study insights will be valuable to understanding[Read More…]
Students in HORT 370: Professional Floral Arranging have taken on a creative challenge: design a beautiful flower arrangement using just $20. The results are stunning — and now it’s time to vote for your favorite! Each arrangement showcases the students’ design skills, resourcefulness, and eye for beauty. The student whose arrangement receives the most votes[Read More…]
Last Saturday, members of the HLA Graduate Student Association gathered for a hike at Turkey Run State Park. With clear skies and perfect fall weather, the group enjoyed the natural beauty of the trails while also giving back to the environment. As part of the outing, participants volunteered their time to pick up trash along[Read More…]
Ashley Adair (HLA) and James Wolff (ANR Allen County) led a Diversified Farming and Food Systems Focus Group meeting at Teter Organic Farm in Noblesville, IN on Friday, 10/24. The group shared programming updates, discussed approaches to supporting the new extension pod pilot program, and received training on delivering the Grass to Garden (G2G) program[Read More…]
In October, the Purdue Extension Master Gardener (EMG) Program offered a three-part virtual training series focused on invasive species and native plant alternatives for the home landscape. The series opened with “Invasive Insect Species”, presented by Bob Bruner, Exotic Pest Extension Specialist, who discussed identification, impacts, and control strategies of invasive insects. Next, Amanda Bradshaw-Burks,[Read More…]
If you’ve been enjoying those fresh bagged greens and head lettuce, you can thank everyone who’s involved in the container farms. While the farm interns have the pleasure of packing these greens, very few of us actually interact much with the containers. I wanted to highlight the hard work that goes into producing these delicious[Read More…]
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