The meadow at IFNH has burst into color and will continue to change and evolve as spring passes into summer and then into fall. The meadow and border gardens serve as a living classroom for Landscape Architecture students who have designed, planted, maintain and continue to study this beautiful place. Take […]
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Rutgers Gardens is Getting a Makeover!
In April, Rutgers Gardens was designated a Horticultural Landmark by the American Society for Horticultural Science, a distinction it shares with the New York Botanical Garden, the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., and Monticello, President Thomas Jefferson’s home in Virginia. As Bob Lyons, chair of the Gardens’ Advisory Board said, it certainly raises the profile […]
Eat Berries to Improve Brain Function
Note: Fresh local berries are in season during the spring and summer in New Jersey – strawberries from Mid-May to mid-June, and blueberries from mid-June until August. By Karen Ensle Ed.D., RDN, FAND, CFCS, Family & Community Health Sciences Educator, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County Eating berries is healthful and may help your brain […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: What Gym Membership is to Fitness, Community Supported Agriculture is to Local Healthy Eating
So many people recognize the merits of committing to a regular exercise regime through gym membership. Fitness centers offer an array of equipment – variety you couldn’t duplicate in a home gym, and are frequented by people with similar goals that can offer support and advice on training. Paying for a membership adds to the […]
Ahoy There, Matey! Rutgers Environmental Stewards Take Their First Boat Trip on the Raritan River
By Michele Bakacs, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent II/Associate Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, May 2017 As the 2017 Rutgers Environmental Steward classes entered their final month, and with the warm weather upon us, the Middlesex County class took to the water. On May 3, Stewards got a rare opportunity to see the Raritan […]
RU Goes Organic: New Organic Landscaper Guide Helps Professionals Protect the Environment
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension has always promoted and researched environmentally-friendly horticultural practices, and now a new publication is available to help landscapers go organic. The Rutgers Organic Land Care Best Practices Manual provides recommendations to land managers and landscape contractors on how to effectively conduct organic land care in New […]
Student-Designed IFNH Garden Will Serve as Eye-Catching Living Lab
By assistant professor Holly Nelson, associate professor Jean Marie Hartman, and assistant research professor Christina Kaunzinger – Department of Landscape Architecture. Twenty-five Landscape Architecture Planting Design students designed a garden that creates a transition between the meadow and the entrance stairway on Dudley Road at the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH). The new […]
A Plaque Marks the Trail: Faculty, Staff and Students Attend Arbor Trail Dedication
One student’s vision of renovating a section of a historic property to evolve into an outdoor classroom and public space with student and faculty stewardship, has come to fruition. Eliot Nagele (SEBS 2015) undertook an independent study and completed a G. H. Cook Honors thesis on the restoration and prolonged maintenance of the Arbor Trail, […]
Tradition still strong at Rutgers Day 2017
Beverly Hahn, 4-H member
Rutgers Day festivities draw more than 100K on near-perfect spring Saturday
More than a hundred thousand people flooded the state university’s three campuses on a near-perfect spring Saturday for the annual Rutgers Day festival featuring a day of food, music, games and a slew of exhibits… Over at the Cook College campus, a crowd watched in the Rutgers Equestrian Science Center as a former harness racing horse had her strength tested… Some got to test their taste buds with the new pepper unveiled Saturday by Rutgers plant researchers, the “pumpkin habanero,” which is hotter than any jalapeno.
