Horticultural Science

Every week during the 2025-26 academic year, ten Twin Cities high schoolers traded their classrooms for research labs, greenhouses, a poultry barn and graduate seminars, getting an early look at what careers in science actually look like. Dominic Petrella, associate professor of turfgrass systems here in HORT, hosted two students from Great River School. "The students completed greenhouse tasks like propagating plant material, collecting data on experiments, and utilizing equipment to measure plant health," Petrella said. Learn more about what these students learned here!

Raise a glass and honor the cold-hardy Marquette grape, introduced by the University of Minnesota twenty years ago!

This grape has helped shape the cold-climate wine industry and can hold its own against famous cousins like Merlot or Syrah.

Whether you’re enjoying a bottle from a local Minnesota winery or a vineyard in Quebec, you’re tasting years of UMN innovation—cheers!

Congratulations to Brandon Miller on being awarded the KcNight Land-Grant Professorship!