Nineteen visitors from Central America, including students, growers, community organizers, extension agents and professors, recently completed a nine-day workshop on organic and sustainable agriculture production […]

A new online resource for Wisconsin”s commercial herbaceous ornamental industry is now available from the UW-Madison Department of Horticulture, says outreach specialist, Eileen Nelson. The […]

More than 99 percent of all modern potato varieties planted today are the direct descendants of varieties that once grew in the lowlands of south-central Chile. How Chilean germplasm came to dominate the modern potato-which spread worldwide from Europe-has been the subject of a long, contentious debate among scientists.

It is once again time for pumpkin racing on Lake Mendota, where spectators can watch University of Wisconsin-Madison horticulture students and faculty paddle giant gourds […]

From tropical tomato viruses to stressed-out pre-med students, about 25 undergraduate research projects from the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will be presented at a symposium on Saturday, April 30, at the J. F. Friedrick Center, 1950 Willow Drive, from 8 until noon.

With expert speakers, food samples, music and door prizes, you’ll find plenty to do at this year’s Horticultural Field Day at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station, Saturday, August 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Ron Amos’s career advice to undergraduates is to get the most out of their classes and work experiences. That?s what Amos, who earned both his bachelor?s and master?s degrees in horticulture at the UW-Madison, did. Today, the Madison native is the new owner of Evergreen Nursery, Inc., in Sturgeon Bay. Evergreen supplies other nurseries in 37 states and Canada with woody ornamental seedlings and plugs.

Doug Maxwell, emeritus professor of plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won this year”s Chair”s Award for Scientific Excellence from the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.

Plants have never impressed anyone with their intelligence, but they do measure the seasons and tell time. After all, a Christmas cactus blooms only in winter and an evening primrose opens just at dusk.

Whether your interests run to heirloom varieties or the latest cultivars, you’ll find plants and techniques to improve your garden at Horticultural Field Day, Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.