Interested in creating a secure and sustainable food source for the future? Or, is the design, construction, and management of community and private gardens and landscapes more your speed?
As an undergraduate, you’ll get firsthand experience with Oregon horticulture. Many courses include field trips to farms, orchards, vineyards, golf courses, landscape management firms, and contemporary and historic landscapes.
Our graduate programs offer opportunities for research, field work, and interdisciplinary study. The majority of our graduate students secure generous funding through research assistantships.
Explore our programs and projects to learn about how we are working to solve problems, create opportunities, and improve lives and livelihoods for Oregonians. Many of our programs also have national and global impact as they deliver knowledge and resources applicable to horticultural systems across the nation and around the world.
We're committed to researching and promoting managed horticultural ecosystems and plant biological systems that contribute to clean air and water, biodiversity, greenspace and overall livability in Oregon and beyond.
We research questions and share knowledge that improve production efficiency, environmental quality, livelihoods, food quality, and human well-being in food and farming systems.
"If it is Oregon white oak, they take an early dive into dormancy and don't come back until next spring leaf-out," Oregon State University Extension Service agent Chip Bubl said. "They do look dead but several years ago, myself and a c...
9:00 am to 11:30 - Presentations and Plot Tour: Lewis-Brown Far, Corvallis, OR 11:30 to 12:30 - Lunch: Lewis-Brown Farm, Corvallis, OR 1:00 to 6:00 pm - Golf and Dinner Trysting Tree Golf Club, Corvallis, OR Registration - Free If...
“There are no rules — it’s your garden,” says Brooke Edmunds , associate professor of community horticulture with Oregon State University Extension. “Don’t be afraid to try new things. You’ll get so much joy out of the pride of growing...
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