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K-State Students Learn Landscaping from Hands-on Experience  Pruning, digging, planting and weeding. These may not sound like normal classroom activities, but for students in Cathie Lavis’ Landscape Maintenance Lab, it was all in a day’s work.
“We always are outdoors doing some sort of hands-on activity,” Lavis said. “That’s the only way to learn landscape maintenance.” Read more....
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The Healing Power of Flowers   Bringing flowers and plants to the sick is more than just a sympathy gesture. A series of publications by Seong-Hyun Park and Richard Mattson at Kansas State University backs up existing data that show a positive relationship between plants and pain management and recovery in hospital settings.
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Horticulture Senior Conducts Research  Aaron Yoder, K-State senior majoring in horticulture with a specialization in fruit and vegetable production, is currently conducting an undergraduate research project funded by a USDA/SARE (Sustainable Ag Research and Education) grant.
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K-State Horticultural Therapy Student wins National Scholarship QiuXia Chen, a K-State Senior majoring in Horticultural Therapy and Modern Languages (Spanish-Hispanic Studies), has been named the recipient of the Ann Lane Mavromatis Scholarship awarded each year to the top Horticultural Therapy student in the nation by the American Horticultural Therapy Association.
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K-State Students Practice Sustainable Horticulture Undergraduate student research projects, including mushroom production and irrigation needs with different mulch types, are on-going at Willow Lake Student Farm. Locally produced, organic vegetables from the farmare sold every Tuesday on K-State's campus. Learn More...
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Jack Fry Appointed Editor of Applied Turfgrass Science  Jack Fry, professor of turfgrass science, has been appointed editor of the on-line journal Applied Turfgrass Science.
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Parks Management and Conservation Alumnus receives Award  Lisa Stork, recent graduate of K-State's Parks Management and Conservation program, has been awarded the Distinguished Seasonal Interpreter Award from the Association of Missouri Interpreters.
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HFRR Students Featured in the Agriculturist 
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