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Research focus: Landscape Horticulture (herbaceous ornamental plant trials, fertility, weed control and other cultural practices); strawberries
Special feature: Landscape Horticulture Research & Extension Center; Phenology Garden; Margie Y. Jenkins Azalea Garden; W. F. “Hody” Wilson Camellia Garden; Sun and Shade Gardens featuring the largest herbaceous landscape plant trial in Louisiana
Size: 140 acres, approximately 100 acres cleared. |
21549 Old Covington Highway Hammond, LA 70403 - 0533
Phone: (985) 543-4125 Fax: (985) 543-4124
About Us
Established as the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station in 1922, the station has served the needs of the strawberry and vegetable industries in Southeast Louisiana for more than 80 years. The station has now embarked on a new initiative to provide research and education for the green service industry. |
Upcoming Events
The station hosts a variety of events that cater to landscaping professionals and gardening enthuiasts. |
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Landscape Horticulture Research & Extension Center
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The station serves the needs of the nursery and landscape industry, or “green” industry, with the latest research-based information on improving the quality of urban and suburban life by focusing on human-affected environments. |
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Look What's Growing
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station research is conducted through approved projects. See what plants are being grown, studied and evaluated at the Hammond Research Station. |
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