Our Mission

Our mission is to discover new knowledge, develop and evaluate new technologies and appropriate use of environmental resources for horticultural crop production and utilization, and deliver information to horticultural clientele for improving the quality of life in Kentucky, the United States, and the world.

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Department of Horticulture

N-318 Ag Sciences Center University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40546-0091

859-257-1601

Fax (Lexington): 859-257-2859
(Princeton): 270-365-2667

For questions about home gardening, landscaping or commercial horticulture production, please contact your county extension agent. Click here, then click on your county either on the map or from the list of counties below it. For general undergraduate student information, contact Dr. Rick Durham at (859) 257-3249, or rdurham@uky.edu. For undergraduate student information regarding the Sustainable Agriculture program, contact Dr. Krista Jacobsen at (859) 257-3921, or krista.jacobsen@uky.edu. For graduate student information, contact Dr. Mark Williams at (859) 257-1758, or mark.williams@uky.edu.

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New Department of Horticulture Website

New UK Department of Horticulture website home page

The UK Department of Horticulture has a new website at https://horticulture.ca.uky.edu/. Please check out our new website; the old site will remain available temporarily.

WARNING: Some websites to which these materials provide links for the convenience of users are not managed by the University of Kentucky. The university does not review, control or take responsibility for the contents of those sites.

Send mail to cgcass0@uky.edu with questions about this site. This site was last updated on January 16, 2024. Copyright 2024, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. An Equal Opportunity University. Site design : Academic Web Pages