Bruce Clarke, extension specialist in turfgrass pathology in the Department of Plant Biology, retired on January 1, 2022, after close to 40 years of dedicated service to Rutgers University and the turfgrass industry. Clarke (CC ’77, GSNB ’82) started his education at Rutgers in 1973 as an undergraduate in the first matriculating class of Cook […]
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SEBS Retired Faculty and Staff Luncheon Held in Person!
A group of 59 faculty and staff retirees and their guests met on Thursday, December 9 at the Rectangle Room at Neilson Dining Hall for a celebratory lunch. Reuniting with friends and former colleagues over a delicious meal, surrounded by beautiful varieties of Rutgers greenhouse-grown poinsettia, the group was joined by deans, directors, and some […]
How Campbell Soup Turned New Jersey Into a Tomato-Growing State
Tom Orton – Dept. of Plant Biology; Cindy Rovins – Office of Communications and Marketing
NJ Farm Bureau Awards Wes Kline 2021 Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture
Wesley Kline, agricultural and resource management agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, has been awarded the New Jersey Farm Bureau Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award for 2021, presented at the New Jersey Farm Bureau Annual Meeting on November 15 at the Westin Princeton Hotel in Princeton, NJ. The award is presented annually by […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agents William Errickson and Timothy Waller Honored by Statewide Nursery and Landscape Associations
The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) conferred its 2021 “Educator of the Year Award” on William “Bill” Errickson, RCE agent (Monmouth County), Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Timothy “Tim” Waller, RCE agent (Cumberland County), Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, at the association’s annual dinner in October. Waller was also recognized with the […]
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William Errickson, Timothy Waller honored by N.J. nursery, landscape associations
William Errickson; Timothy Waller; Brian Schilling – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers ‘Homesteading Academy’ hosts webinar series
Kate Brown – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Plant of the Month: An Evergreen Shrub that Speaks to You!
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Many gardeners may not be acquainted with Prickly Pear, botanically known as Opuntia, but it is one of our more interesting evergreen shrubs and the species Opuntia humifusa is a native of New Jersey.
Rutgers Home Gardeners School @Home Offers Engaging Lectures for Gardeners of all Interests and Skill Levels
The 46th annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School @Home gets underway as a virtual conference over Zoom on Sat., Feb. 26, 2022, from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. The conference, “Gardening For Everyone,” is made up of 15 individual workshop sessions that cover a wide array of horticultural topics. On the day of the event, attendees […]
