New Watermelon Crop Profile
The Center for Crop Diversification has a new Crop Profile on watermelon. Click here to see the profile, which was extensively revised by Dr.
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What's New
Award honors Horticulture professor
John Strang received the inaugural Dr. John Strang Award from the Kentucky State Horticultural Society at the January 2015 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference.
2014 Fruit and Vegetable Research Report (PR-688)
Be sure to check out the Fruit and Vegetable 2014 Research Report, now available online at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/PR/PR688/PR688.pdf.
High Tunnel Video, Webinar Series
To see recordings of the Center for Crop Diversification's High Tunnel Webinars, visit the Center's Webinars page.
New Home Horticulture Course
GEN 300.006, Home Horticulture, which will be offered during the Spring 2015 semester, will cover home food production, landscaping, houseplants, and ecological practices.
Community Gardens Start-up Guide
This publication, available on the Jefferson County Extension Office website, offers valuable information about starting a community garden.
Harvesting the Sun: A Profile of World Horticulture
The International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS) has released Harvesting the Sun: A Profile of World Horticulture, a full-color, 70-page report that examines how horticulture touches all of us.
Bob Geneve receives IPPS Eastern Region Award of Merit
Dr. Robert Geneve, University of Kentucky Horticulture Professor, has received the 2014 IPPS Eastern Region Award of Merit, the organization’s highest honor.
Patsy Wilson leads a study to tackle the issue of cold hardiness.
Patsy Wilson of UKs Horticulture Viticulture and Enology program leads a study to tackle the issue of cold hardiness aiming to improve Kentucky's wine grape industry.
Horticulture professor studying irrigation, soils in high tunnels
UK's Dr. Krista Jacobsen, center, is conducting a study of soils and irrigation in high tunnels, thanks to a USDA Conservation Innovation Grant.