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  • Passion for strawberries sparks grad student’s education and career goals

    Published on November 28, 2022
    Plant, Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Ph.D. student Ashley Wright has a research focus on strawberries and a teaching focus on improving scientific literacy in non-STEM majors.

  • 4-H Children's Gardens receive estate gift from longtime donor and volunteer

    Published on November 17, 2022
    Retired MSU professor and longtime Michigan 4-H Children’s Gardens donor and volunteer Linda Nelson, Ph.D., left an estate gift to support the Michigan 4-H Children’s Gardens.

  • MSU-led team studying expansion of controlled environment culinary herb production across US

    Published on October 18, 2022
    A new $3.4M USDA grant is supporting research and outreach.

  • Horticulture student recommends becoming involved in student clubs

    Published on October 3, 2022
    Horticulture senior Emma Brinks found community in the Student Horticulture Association. Her long-term goal is to own a nursery of her own that focuses on native plants and natural ecosystems.

  • MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources receives state funding for updated dairy, greenhouse facilities

    Published on July 8, 2022
    The university will receive $53 million in state funding to update the dairy and greenhouse facilities.

  • 2022 CANR Alumni Association scholarship recipients announced

    Published on June 7, 2022
    The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association awards scholarships to students who are well-rounded in their academic and non-academic pursuits and have a vision for their future career.

  • CANR honors 2022 cohort of Global Scholars in Education

    Published on April 6, 2022
    CANR announces a new cohort of seven new global scholars representing education.

  • MSU Places Sixth in National Collegiate Landscape Competition

    Published on March 24, 2022
    An MSU student team placed sixth at the National Association of Landscape Professional's National Collegiate Landscape Competition in North Carolina in March 2022.

  • Noelle is learning more about sustainable farming in her M.S. degree

    Published on February 7, 2022
    The best part of her Horticulture master's program is conducting applied field research on campus and on vegetable growers' farms.

  • Drew Jepson chose an IAT certificate program because it allows him to get working in his field quickly

    Published on January 10, 2022
    IAT student loves the landscaping field and likes how this program is so plant-based and hands on as part of the horticulture discipline.

  • Horticulture alum is now the director of the Alaska Botanical Garden

    Published on January 5, 2022
    As a leader in public horticulture, Mike Monterusso has a satisfying career that also allows him to dig in the dirt when needed.

  • MSU Organic Farmer Training Program graduates grow their farm vision

    Published on December 23, 2021
    Nineteen talented beginning and aspiring farmers gain skills to grow food and community.

  • Joy Johnson has made connections with peers, faculty, and the industry

    Published on December 1, 2021
    As a senior in the Horticulture B.S. program, Joy plans to continue to develop these connections by studying plant breeding after she graduates

  • Welcome to our new arboretum manager

    Published on November 23, 2021
    You may have noticed a new face around the gardens, and if you haven’t, you can meet him right here! Brian Gayheart is our new Arboretum Manager. Finally, our seven acres of landscaped space has a manager of its own. We interviewed him here.

  • During his horticulture career, Ren developed people, management, and business skills that could be used anywhere

    Published on November 23, 2021
    Ren Vande Guchte used his horticulture degree to work at and then eventually own an international flower bulb and perennial wholesale company.

  • 4-H Children's Gardens adds new breakfast garden

    Published on November 3, 2021
    To highlight the importance of starting the day off right, the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden now features a theme garden dedicated entirely to the first meal of the day.

  • Genevieve O’Riley loves the hands-on experience of her degree program

    Published on November 3, 2021
    The best part of being a horticulture major is having class in the teaching greenhouses!

  • Horticulture junior awarded nationally competitive scholarship

    Published on October 19, 2021
    Michael Ozolins is chosen as the 2021 recipient of the Edward Tuinier Memorial Scholarship.

  • Paige Kennedy is the lead propagator at the Amazon Seattle Spheres

    Published on September 30, 2021
    She followed her Horticulture passion and has a satisfying career path.

  • Prabhjot Kaur is a Ph.D. student studying genetic mechanisms of plant development in Petunia and Stevia

    Published on September 27, 2021
    She loves studying and researching at MSU because it provides her access to quality research resources and allows her to work with colleagues with similar and diverse research interests.

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