Area of Expertise: Landscape Horticulture

Teaching Responsibilities

* HORT 10100, Fundamentals of Horticulture
* HORT 21800, Herbaceous Landscape Plants
* HORT 22200, DynaSCAPE Applications in Horticulture
* HORT 22400, Photoshop Applications in Horticulture
* HORT 30100, Planting Design Basics
* HORT 31600, Landscape Construction
* HORT 39000, Cooperative Program in Horticulture
* HORT 42500, Landscape Horticulture Capstone Project
* HORT/LA/HIST 45000, In the English Landscape

Landscape Horticulture

Our native flora, particularly the prairie herbaceous plant community, is an underutilized resource for landscape horticulture. Prairie management and restoration, for maintenance of bio-diversity and natural areas, has been studied for decades. Research is needed to allow more "mainstream" use of native prairie species, both as traditional horticultural subjects or in diverse, low-input, stable plant communities. Current research focuses on: 1)establishment methods, 2)assessment of genetic diversity within and between populations, and 3)identification and development of superior horticultural types within native species.