A recent trend that is popping up in public spaces is yarn-bombing – the act of covering objects in public places with decorative knitted, crocheted or fiber material, as a form of street art. A combination of aesthetics and whimsy, yarn-bombing offers a fresh embrace on ordinary, even mundane objects, such as bike racks, benches, […]
An Ag Field Day Favorite: Plant Sales
In the long history and evolution of Ag Field Day–beginning as an outreach event to New Jersey’s farmers in the early twentieth century; to one focused more on the George H. Cook campus community and college; and then expanding to a regional event attracting throngs of people from surrounding areas; to the inspiration for the […]
Student Farm a welcome part of Rutgers Gardens
Student Farm; Rutgers Gardens
Rutgers Gardens hosts Lettuce Festival featuring superfood "Scarlet Lettuce"
Csanad Gurdon – Department of Plant Biology
Rachel Weston – Rutgers Gardens
Year-Round Farm Market Under Construction in Rutgers Gardens
Cook’s Market’s New Green Roof Structure Set to Open For Business Later This Year The Rutgers Gardens will soon be opening a new, year-round farmers market under a state-of-the-art, green roof structure. The 101-year-old, 130-acre property is home to botanical gardens and farms, and has hosted a farm market since 2008, according to Director Bruce […]
Year-Round Farm Market Under Construction in Rutgers Gardens
Bruce Crawford – Rutgers Gardens
The Doppler Effect: How StormTracker 4 Benefits Students, Researchers and the Tri-State Area
Editor’s Note: This story first appeared in the Spring 2017 edition of Explorations, the magazine for alumni and friends of the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Since then, the NBC Storm Team visited Cook Campus, the home of the Doppler radar, and interacted with student meteorologists. The next time you visit the George […]
Rutgers Gardens Names Jeff Jabco the Winner of its National “Hamilton Award” for 2017
Rutgers Gardens has named Jeff Jabco, director of grounds at Swarthmore College and coordinator of horticulture at the Scott Arboretum, as the 2017 recipient of the Hamilton Award, the horticulture award inaugurated last year by the Gardens. The award will be presented to Jabco at the Rutgers Gardens Party on September 28 at the Log […]
Jabco wins Rutgers Gardens’ national Hamilton Award
Bruce Crawford – Rutgers Gardens
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 […]
