Horticulture
Horticulture enriches our lives through physical activities associated with gardening and varied diets of fruits and vegetables; it improves our environment; it provides recreation in golf courses, parks, and landscapes; and it provides beauty to our homes and public spaces. Careers in Horticulture combine art and skills with science and technology to produce and maintain plants and landscapes.
Nine specialization areas offer a broad range of opportunities in preparation for a career in a horticulture profession. Horticulture faculty are dedicated to providing the best education possible. Five different student organizations provide opportunities for industry involvement, travel, and hands-on experiences.
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Two Horticulture Students Honored by GSD At the Fall 2009 banquet of Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture, Jesse K. Brown was presented with one of only 20 First-year Performance Awards and Dane E. Johnson was inducted into the society as a member.
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K-State Students Learn Landscaping from Hands-on Experience  Pruning, digging, planting and weeding. These may not sound like normal classroom activities, but for students in Cathie Lavis’ Landscape Maintenance Lab, it was all in a day’s work.
“We always are outdoors doing some sort of hands-on activity,” Lavis said. “That’s the only way to learn landscape maintenance.” Read more....
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Horticulture Senior Conducts Research  Aaron Yoder, K-State senior majoring in horticulture with a specialization in fruit and vegetable production, is currently conducting an undergraduate research project funded by a USDA/SARE (Sustainable Ag Research and Education) grant. Read more...
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K-State Horticultural Therapy Student wins National Scholarship QiuXia Chen, a K-State Senior majoring in Horticultural Therapy and Modern Languages (Spanish-Hispanic Studies), has been named the recipient of the Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship awarded each year to the top Horticultural Therapy student in the nation by the American Horticultural Therapy Association. Read more....
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K-State Students Practice Sustainable Horticulture Undergraduate student research projects, including mushroom production and irrigation needs with different mulch types, are on-going at Willow Lake Student Farm. Locally produced, organic vegetables from the farmare sold every Tuesday on K-State's campus. Learn More...
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HFRR Students Featured in the Agriculturist 
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