Tag: horticulture
Celebrating a Storied Career: Bob Conner Retires After 40 Years in...
By Meg Amendola
When Bob Conner began his career in horticulture 40 years ago, he didn't foresee becoming a fixture in Colorado's greenhouse and nursery...
2024 Colorado State University Trial Gardens2024 Best Of’s
The 2024 growing season was more normal this summer compared to last summer. There were lots of great plants in the trials this summer. The...
HRI Announces Research Effort to Combat Phytophthora austrocedri
By Jennifer Gray, Horticultural Research Institute • Republished with Permission • Oct. 1, 2024
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) is pleased to announce that, in...
Protecting Colorado from the Invasive Japanese Beetle
By Dr. Rich Guggenheim, Plant Health Certification Program Manager, CO Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry
Dr. Rich Guggenheim, Plant Health Certification Program Manager...
CHREF Update
CHREF Donates to Three CSU Hort Research Projects
The Board of Directors of the Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF) would again like to...
Welcome Susan Stauber to CNGA Board of Directors
By Lyn Dean
Susan Stauber, sales representative at Ball Seed Company, came to Colorado with her parents at age 11. After high school she continued...
CSU’s Josh Craver Fully Embraces Controlled Environment Hort Research
By Lyn Dean
The stars seem to have aligned in 2018 when Josh Craver, assistant professor at Colorado State University (CSU), was offered a position...
CSU Instructor Shannon Mason Champions Student-Centered Learning
As an instructor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University (CSU), Shannon Mason’s primary role is to introduce undergraduate...
The Farm Bill – Why Should the Horticulture Industry Care?
The Farm Bill is a comprehensive package of legislation that is passed roughly every five years and contains both agriculture and nutrition programs. Funding...
CHREF Update
Big changes are in the works for the Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF). In addition to the continual funding of research, ongoing...
