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Hurricane Gustav - Initial Notes on the Impact to the Nursery Industry
Hurricane Gustav made landfall in Louisiana on Labor Day and did minor damage to the commercial ornamental horticulture industry.

Sun garden research can one day improve your garden
Sun Garden

(Video 08/25/08) Plants need some sunlight to grow, but it’s a fine balance between adequate light and too much heat. In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explores some important research that’s being done in sun gardens. (Runtime: 1 minute, 30 seconds)

Landscape horticulture research helps 'green industry'
Landscape Research

(Video 08/18/08) How do nursery and landscape operations choose many of the plants they sell? In this edition of Get It Growing, horticulturist Dan Gill explains how the LSU AgCenter provides research-based information that helps the green industry sell the best plants. (Runtime: 1 minute, 30 seconds)

Hammond field day features landscape horticulture
Regina Bracy at field day

(Distributed 06/18/08) Landscape professionals and consumers alike received valuable information at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station’s second annual landscape horticulture field day on June 11.

Nursery Crop Outlook - 2008
Information on economic and marketing projections for nursery/floral crop producers in Louisiana for 2008. A national outlook is also provided.
Azalea Garden Established at Hammond Research Station
Hammond azalea garden dedication ceremony
The LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station has established the Margie Yates Jenkins Azalea Garden in recognition of one of Tangipahoa Parish’s most widely known nursery owners.
Fruit, Truck Experiment Station Grows into Horticulture Center
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Established as the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station in January 1922, the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station has served the needs of the strawberry and vegetable industries in Southeast Louisiana for more than 80 years.