People in Horticulture

Our mission

The Horticulture Section serves professionals, students and citizens of New York State, the nation, and the world, by generating and extending knowledge about fruits, vegetables and landscape plants, for the purpose of sustaining the environment, enhancing economic vitality, and improving the quality of life of individuals and their communities. 

Horticulture contacts

Chair: Justine Vanden Heuvel
justine [at] cornell.edu

Chair's Assistant: Michele Blackmore
mb2525 [at] cornell.edu

Ithaca campus
Horticulture Section
Cornell University
135 Plant Science Building
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Phone: 607-255-8659
Fax: 607-255-0599

Geneva campus
Horticulture Section
Hedrick Hall - Cornell AgriTech
635 West North Street
Geneva, New York 14456
Phone: 315-787-2394
Fax: 315-787-2216

 

Director of Graduate Studies
Thomas Bjorkman
hortgrad [at] cornell.edu

Graduate Field Assistant
Josh Balles
jeb527 [at] cornell.edu
607-255-9573

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Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty, Senior Research Associates, Senior Extension Associates, and Senior Lecturers

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These faculty have primary affiliations with other SIPS sections and Cornell units or with USDA-ARS

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Faculty emeriti and other retired academics

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Graduate students in the Field of Horticulture

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Post-doctoral associates, research associates, extension associates, and lecturers

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Staff members support research scientists, maintain greenhouses and research fields, and manage administrative functions

Horticulture by the numbers

50+ Horticulture Section faculty and adjuncts

100+ support staff, post-doctoral associates & other academics

40+ horticulture graduate students & 60+ plant sciences majors

Horticulture News

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News

New organic leadership for Cornell AES
Ryan Maher, a research, extension, and soil health specialist for the Cornell Small Farms Program since 2013, has assumed a new leadership position as Organic Coordinator for the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES)...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Multimedia

News

The past few years have seen a noticeable increase in the number of people choosing to grow food in their backyards. Eighteen million new gardeners have joined the ranks of seasoned veterans planting and harvesting homegrown food. Seed catalogs...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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News

Cornell weed science researchers and graduate students brought home numerous awards at the joint annual meeting of two major societies January 30 in Arlington, Va. From the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS): Lynn Sosnoskie, assistant...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
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News

Bill Miller, Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, collaborated with the City of Ithaca and the Ithaca Garden Club to create naturalized bulb plantings along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail using his tractor-drawn Dutch bulb...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

News

Leroy Creasy ’60, M.S. ’61, whose research on the health benefits of grapes and red wine has spurred decades of public interest and scientific inquiry, died June 15 in Aurora, New York.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Fruits