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Article ItemDeck the halls: Expert shares history and tips for creating beautiful holiday wreaths , article
With the holiday season quickly approaching, decorating with greenery can bring timeless beauty, warmth and cheer to any home. Wreaths, in particular, are a festive staple rich in history and bursting with creativity. Daphne Williams, horticulturist at the Hahn Horticulture Garden at Virginia Tech, shares some history and tips for creating the perfect holiday wreaths and decor.
Date: Dec 10, 2024 -
Article ItemDonor support helps Hahn Horticulture Garden blossom , article
With a new outdoor event venue and other enhancements on the way, the garden continues to grow as a memory-making destination.
Date: Oct 18, 2024 -
Article ItemHow to overwinter fall mums, according to Virginia Cooperative Extension experts , article
Although they are a perennial in Virginia, large, showy garden mums planted in-ground after flowering in late fall are unlikely to make it through the winter and come back next year.
Date: Sep 30, 2024 -
Video ItemStudents get hands-on experience in fruit tree grafting , video
Instructor Josh Kardos and his plant propagation students welcomed Senior Extension Agent Jon Vest to an afternoon lab where students learned how to graft apple trees. "It's nice to come back to campus because I was a '92 graduate out of the Virginia Tech hort program," said Vest. "And I got to experience many of the things I'm getting to relay to students today, just 30 years later."
Date: Apr 03, 2023 -
Video ItemResearching pollinators in Hampton Roads , video
The Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center conducts research on plants and flowers that are beneficial to pollinators such as bee, butterflies, and other insects. Students and master gardeners alike come learn how to make a better pollinator gardens for their home and communities.
Date: Aug 01, 2022 -
Video ItemStudents gain valuable experience at Hahn Horticulture Garden , video
Virginia Tech horticulture students are gaining valuable experience as interns at the Hahn Horticulture Garden this summer. The garden only employs two full-time horticulturists, so interns are utilized year-round to help maintain the garden.
Date: Jul 18, 2022 -
Video ItemHorticulture Club and Hahn Horticulture Garden Spring Plant Sale , video
Learn about the annual spring plant sale and the impact it has.
Date: Apr 19, 2022 -
Video ItemCreating floral arrangements for the April 16 Memorial , video
Barbara Leshyn and her floral design students work together to create the intricate and beautiful flowers for the upcoming April 16 Memorial service. They create 32 "sprays" of flowers for the stones and 3 wreaths. Creating the flower arrangements allows students to feel connected with those impacted by April 16 and provides a sense of community outreach with Virginia Tech's Ut Prosim attitude.
Date: Apr 14, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Soil Judging Team takes home sixth national championship , article
The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies Soil Judging Team took first place among 21 teams to claim the inaugural Virtual National Soil Judging Championship – the team’s sixth overall – held April 5-16.
Date: May 28, 2021 -
Video ItemOne Giant Leap For Plant-kind: VT Soil Judging Team Grows Vegetables In Lunar Soil , video
Members of the VT Soil Judging team participate in a NASA crowdsource project to experiment with different techniques for growing plants in lunar soil; a process that will be important for potential lunar colonization. For years, Hokies have played key roles in aeronautics and space exploration. Read more in the spring 2020 issue of the Virginia Tech magazine.
Date: Mar 26, 2021 -
Video ItemHahn Horticulture Garden Adds Robotic Lawnmower , video
The Hahn Horticulture Garden will be demoing a robotic lawnmower that will allow Horticulture students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to gain first hand experience with the future of landscaping.
Date: Jun 25, 2020 -
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Video ItemAgribusiness student stays busy after transferring to Virginia Tech , video
Jennifer Gerhards, a transfer student, came to Virginia Tech to study Agribusiness. Her dream is to grow crops on big city rooftops. She's making the most of her time here at Virginia Tech.
Date: Oct 03, 2019 -
Video ItemA stroll through Hahn Horticulture Garden , video
If you’re ever in need of a nice quiet space, the Hahn Horticulture Garden is a great place to reflect and relax.
Date: Sep 12, 2019 -
Video ItemKids learn about gardening, food prep at Family Food Fest camp , video
Family Food Fest is a partnership between Hahn Horticulture Garden at Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension through Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. The youth day camp featured various hands-on educational gardening activities and field trips to gardening enterprises.
Date: Jul 19, 2019 -
Video ItemThis is who you are. This is who we are. #VTCALS , video
We dig deeper, seek higher, reach farther than ever before ... not because we can, but because we must. We are the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Date: Dec 06, 2018