A growing trend: backyard gardening

Ed Davis for The Flint Journal reports on the growing trend of backyard gards as a means to save money on grocery bills or to gain a sense of community. Regardless of the reason, backyard gardening is on the rise. His article further cites examples of many who have converted more of their backyard space to gardens. Besides backyards, neighorhoods are getting involve with community garders that include churches and schools. Read complete article from the Flint Journal site>

List of Horticultural Schools

University of California Sites:

• Dept. of Environmental Horticulture, UC Davis
• Dept. of Plant Biology, UC Davis
• Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
• Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
• Dept. of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside

Other States University sites (Horticulture Departments):

• Auburn (Alabama)
• Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
• Colorado State
• Delaware
• Florida
• Illinois
• Purdue (Indiana)
• Kansas State
• Michigan State
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• New Mexico State
• Cornell (New York)
• North Carolina State
• Ohio State
• Penn State
• Rutgers (New Jersey)
• Texas A&M
• Clemson (South Carolina)
• Virginia Tech

Horticuture Schools

Agribusiness Schools


Another resource of Horticulture schools:
http://www.a2zcolleges.com/Majors/Horticulture.html


Online School resources:
http://www.edref.com/college-degrees/agribusiness/horticulture/online