Department of Horticulture | University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

Jarrad Gollihue, right, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Horticulture and the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits, was awarded best student enology poster presentation for “Evaluating the Influence of White Rot Fungi on Volatiles Produced by Quercus alba Barrel Staves” at the American Society for Enology and Viticulture annual meeting on June 20, 2019 in Napa, CA. Co-author was Zac Byrd, left. This work was done under the supervision of Dr. Seth DeBolt of the Department of Horticulture, director of the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits.

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Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Horticulture, where plant form and function combine to provide the essential nutrition and aesthetically pleasing environments so important for human health and well-being. For information about the UK Horticulture Research Farm, visit https://research.ca.uky.edu/content/SouthFarm.

Department of Horticulture

N-318 Ag Sciences Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Phone: 859 257-2909
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Calendar

04/09/2020

Virtual Farmer Call-in Meeting

4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Farmers are invited to join a Zoom meeting for a

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04/13/2020

Joint Venture Marketing for Increased Profit Webinar

7 to 8 p.m. Eastern time. Free. This Joint Venture Marketing for Increased

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04/14/2020

Non-timber forest products in the United States: access, production, markets, and market values webinar

1 p.m. Eastern time. This webinar will explore past research and gaps in

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Contact Us

Department of Horticulture

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

859-257-2909

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. Doug Archbold at 859-257-3352, or darchbol@uky.edu

What's New

Low-tech, Pre-ordering Options webinar recording

A recording of the Low-tech, Pre-ordering Options webinar from the UK Center for Crop Diversification (CCD) is now available on the CCD website at https://www.uky.edu/ccd/preorder.

COVID-19 Updates for Horticulture Producers

For a horticulture markets update, see Page 6 of the March Economic & Policy Update from the University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics.

Low-tech Pre-order Options Webinar

As businesses adapt to the current environment, one important step many are taking is offering the option to pre-order for pickup or delivery.

Simple Online Store Webinar Recording

A recording of the UK Center for Crop Diversification's Simple Online Store webinar, as well as links to other resources, are now available on the Center for Crop Diversification (CCD) website.

Farmer Relief Fund Grants

American Farmland Trust's (AFT) Farmer Relief Fund will award farmers with cash grants of up to $1,000 each to help them weather the current storm of market disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis.

COVID-19 Resources

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Cooperative Extension Service are part of a broader team of universities, governmental and non-governmental partners working to serve our communities.

Simple Online Store webinar

The UK Center for Crop Diversification (CCD) will offer a Simple Online Store webinar on Tuesday, March 31, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time.

Geneve wins award

The University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture's
Dr. Robert “Bob” Geneve, right,
received the Southern Nursery
Association Researcher’s Porter
Henegar Memorial Award, presented

2019 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report

The 2019 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-762) is now available online at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/PR/PR762/PR762.pdf.

2020-21 ID-36 is now available

The new edition of ID-36, Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers, 2020-21, is now available online at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/ID/ID36/ID36.pdf

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