Events & Seminars

The Department of Horticultural Science hosts regular events throughout the year, including our longstanding Wednesday Seminar in Horticultural Science series (information to the right).

 
 

Wednesday Seminar "Postharvest Quality is Affected by Preharvest Conditions"
Professor Cindy Tong, UMN
February 19, 2020
Diversity and Inclusion Lunch Series: Immigrant Farm Labor in the Midwest
Ariel Pressman, Seed to Seed Farm
February 25, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
A Floral Journey – Discovering the Magic of Flowers
Dr. John Dole
February 26, 2020
105 Cargill Building
Wednesday Seminar "Woody Ornamental Plant Breeding"
Ryan Contreras, Oregon State University
March 18, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Coffee Hour - Fruit Team
March 20, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Diversity and Inclusion Lunch Series: Being a Good Partner- UMN Collaboration Beyond the University
Laura Mirafuenters, Big River Farms Program Manager, MN Food Association
March 24, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Wednesday Seminar "From the field to the growth chamber: improving how we select turfgrasses for shade"
Dr. Dominic Petrella, Post-Doc UMN
March 25, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Wednesday Seminar "Using fine fescue in intercropping systems for seed production or as a living mulch"
Florence Sessoms, UMN
April 1, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Wednesday Seminar "Grasses as Landscape Plants in Cold Climates"
Professor Mary Meyer, UMN
April 15, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Wednesday Seminar "Graduate Student Lightning Talks"
David Tork, Liesl Bower-Jernigan, Dom Christensen, Marie Schaedel, Heather Tuttle
April 22, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Diversity and Inclusion Lunch Series: New directions for campus-based diversity and inclusion programming
Jody Gray, Director of CFANS Office for Diversity and Inclusion
April 28, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Wednesday Seminar "Native status of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in Minnesota and barcoding of Phalaris species"
Andrzej Noyszewski & Alli Graper
May 6, 2020
310 Alderman Hall
Coffee Hour - Office Staff & Neil Anderson
May 8, 2020
405 Alderman Hall

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Wednesday Seminar in Horticultural Science

We host weekly seminars throughout the academic year featuring professors, researchers, and other professionals doing interesting work in the field of horticultural science. Seminars are held Wednesdays at 3:30pm in 310 Alderman Hall (St. Paul campus) unless noted otherwise. All are invited to attend at no cost, no RSVP required, and we even provide light snacks and refreshments.

We encourage you to browse the seminar schedule when it comes out at the beginning of each semester.

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