Our Garden Classroom
Kim Todd, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture associate professor and extension horticulture specialist, teaches Horticulture 212 Woody Plants for Landscapes class in the Backyard Farmer Garden east of Keim Hall.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
September 14, 2021
Our Gardens
The Backyard Farmer Garden and the Teaching Garden serve as outdoor classrooms for hands-on learning for many of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture courses.
Ann Powers | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
September 8, 2021
Transplanting Plants
Ellen T. Paparozzi, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture professor (from left), demonstrates how to properly transplant plants to Anna Wennekamp, Jamie Dasenbrock, Hallie Savidge and Victoria Boden in the Horticulture 355 Perennial, Pot and Bedding Plant Production Laboratory class in an East Campus greenhouse.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 30, 2021
Soil Resources Lab
Keeley Conrad (from left), Jared Prevette and Stella Lepkowski estimate organic matter content by soil color in the Agronomy/Horticulture/Soil 153 Soil Resources lab taught by Rebecca Young, assistant professor of practice, in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 23, 2021
Planting the Seed
Mandeep Singh, doctoral student in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, helps a future scientist plant seeds in a cup of soil at the Plant a Seed booth during East Campus Discovery Days and Farmers Market on August 14.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 14, 2021
Collecting Soil Cores
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's Rebecca Young, assistant professor of practice, demonstrates for Michael Kaiser, assistant professor (left), and Christopher Anuo, agronomy doctoral student, proper use of a truck-mounted hydraulic soil probe in collecting soil cores at Nine-Mile Prairie for use in Agronomy 153 Soil Resources classes.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 9, 2021
Soil Research
Elizabeth Oys, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture master’s student, works in an East Campus greenhouse characterizing and quantifying weed seeds present in soil samples collected from sites across Nebraska that have grown cover crops. The data is used to determine if cover crops impact weed populations and to use it as a reference when taking weed samples during the growing season. Oys is advised by Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor Andrea Basche.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 2, 2021
Cover Crop Research
Garrett Snodgrass, a junior agronomy major (left), works with Tauana Ferreira de Almeida, an agronomy doctoral student, to process corn seedlings to evaluate disease in corn planted after cereal rye and hairy vetch cover crops are terminated at different times, before or after planting corn. Almeida is advised by Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Assistant Professor Andrea Basche.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 26, 2021
Hydroponic Plant Production Research
Stacy Adams, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture associate professor of practice (left), and Mark Iradukunda, a senior integrated science major and summer research assistant, show off 5-week-old bib lettuce grown on floating rafts using the deep flow technique in an East Campus greenhouse.
Hydroponic plant production systems provide an opportunity for urban farmers with limited land to grow fresh produce quickly where it is sold.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 12, 2021
Soil Health Research
Sophia Merritt, a sophomore horticulture major, is at work in Assistant Professor Andrea Basche’s lab learning the basics of an optimized ultrasonication method to investigate how nitrogen within soil organic matter responds to three years of cover crop treatment. This research is part of the Nebraska Soil Health Initiative by Nebraska’s On-Farm Research and the USDA-NRCS.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 6, 2021
Strawberry Research
Judy Jean, left, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduate student, works with Ellen Paparrozi, professor of agronomy and horticulture, to determine if there are adequate nutrient salts in the soil by measuring the electrical conductivity of the soil using a BlueLab Pulse meter and a cell phone. Paparozzi and Alan Weiss, Nebraska alum and owner of Papio Vally Nursery, are investigating the possibility of propagating strawberries for spring and summer growing in Nebraska.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 16, 2021
I Love Soil
Fernanda Krupek, agronomy and horticulture doctoral student, shows off her love for soil at the East Campus Discovery Days and Farmer’s Market on June 12. The event will be held again 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 10 and Aug. 14. More information at discoverydays.unl.edu.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 12, 2021
Strawberry Plot Research
Caleb Wehrbein, left, agronomy and horticulture graduate student, and Cole Hammett, freshman plant biology major, measure weed density and soil moisture in strawberry plots in associate professor Sam Wortman's research fields on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 10, 2021
Nebraska Soil Research
Andromede “Andy” Uwase, left, senior integrated science major, and Christopher Anuo, agronomy doctoral student, evaluate soil cores taken from sites across Nebraska used for long-term arable crop production or from native prairies to see the impact of land use on deep soil organic carbon dynamics.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 27, 2021
Nebraska Soil Summer Institute
Becky Young, Meghan Sindelar and Martha Mamo prepare kits of classroom supplies for soil science activities for the second annual Nebraska Soil Summer Institute they will teach virtually Jun 1–10. NE SSI is a professional development workshop for Nebraska high school science and agriculture teachers to both develop a better understanding of soil science and to practice using soil science to teach core ideas and cross-cutting concepts from the Nebraska Science Standards. The 13 participants each received a stipend and the kits as part of the program.
Casey Lundberg | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 24, 2021
Collecting wheat tissue samples
Erika Derr, junior agronomy major, collects tissue samples in a wheat on-farm research plot in Nemaha County. In this field, sensor-based nitrogen management on wheat is being evaluated. The trial is part of a Nebraska On-Farm Research Network project evaluating ag technologies for improved nitrogen management and is sponsored by a USDA-NRCS CIG grant.
Laura Thompson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Nebraska Extension
May 17, 2021
Planting popcorn and sweetcorn
Cleo Babor, sophomore plant biology major, and Jonathan Niyorukundo, senior integrated science major, plant various popcorn and sweet corn lines being bred for novel color and nutritional profiles on East Campus.
David Holding | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 10, 2021
Planting Season Begins
Corn planting is underway at Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 5, 2021
Horticulture Club Plant Sale
Jamie Dasenbrock, a junior horticulture major, repots a geranium during a club work session. Members of the Horticulture Club prepare plants in the greenhouses on East Campus. The plants will be sold at their annual spring plant sale which runs April 28-30.
Craig Chandler | University Communication
April 26, 2021
SPRING!
Saucer magnolia, Magnolia × soulangeana, blooms next to Keim Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 14, 2021
Air Layering in the Greenhouse
Students in the Horticulture 133 Plant Science Lab work on air layering two rubber trees in the science teaching greenhouse on East Campus. Air layering is the propagation of a plant while still on the parent plant. The course is taught by Stacy Adams, associate professor of practice in agronomy and horticulture.
Stacy Adams | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 6, 2021
Agronomy Club Apparel Delivery
Nathan Donoghue, junior agronomy major and Agronomy Club treasurer, delivers apparel the club sold to raise funds for outreach activities such as CASNR Community Night and Experience Agronomy Day. Funds are also used for student travel to professional meetings, workshops and contests. About Agronomy Club.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
March 25, 2021
Crops Judging Team
Adam Striegel, center, spent his last week as the Crops Judging Team coach preparing team members for the April contest in Kansas. Team coach since 2016, Striegel will soon graduate with a master’s degree in agronomy and a Doctor of Plant Health degree. 2021 team members include agronomy majors Katie Jo Steffen, left, Jared Stander, Korbin Kudera and Sarina Janssen, right.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
March 15, 2021
Plant Science Lab
Freshmen Jack Morris (left) and Connor Jensen (center) harvest kidney beans and record wet and dry weights for the light–dark plant science experiment in the Agronomy 131 Plant Science lab taught by Anne Streich, associate professor of practice in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.
Fran tenBensel Benne | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
March 9, 2021
Think Flowers
Flowers will soon replace the snow and brighten up the Backyard Farmer Garden once again.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
February 23, 2021
Ecological Landscape Design Class
Horticulture 469 Ecological Landscape Design students presented their Everett Elementary School landscape design projects to Scott Wieskamp, Lincoln Public Schools Director of Operations. The class is taught by Kim Todd, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture associate professor.
Tai Pleasant | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
February 6, 2021
Preparing Soil Samples
Will Swanholm, an undergraduate teaching assistant for Agronomy/Horticulture/Soil 153 Soil Resources, prepares demonstration samples to provide data for students to conduct calculations on samples from a soil core. The malt mixers disperse the soil samples as part of the hydrometer analysis to determine soil texture. Swanholm is a junior mechanized systems management major.
Becky Young | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
February 6, 2021
East Campus Entrance
A beautiful and cold day on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
January 31, 2021
January Blizzard
A record January storm covered Lincoln with more than 13 inches of snow and closed the campus for two days.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
January 26, 2021
Roundhead Lespedeza
Frost covers roundhead lespedeza (Lespedeza capitata), a native herbaceous perennial growing in the mini prairie on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
January 18, 2021
Frosted Leaves
Hoarfrost collects on leaves in the Backyard Farmer Garden during a cold and foggy morning.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
January 7, 2021
Resting Mourning Dove
Snow falls as a mourning dove rests on patio furniture during a recent storm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
December 29, 2020
Snow covered garden
Snow covers the Backyard Farmer Garden on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
December 14, 2020
Fall on the prairie
Plants in the East Campus mini prairie.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
December 10, 2020
Tree Climbing Success
Tai Pleasant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture undergraduate recruiter, successfully climbs an East Campus tree during his lesson in proper tree climbing.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
October 30, 2020
Recruiting Team
Tai Pleasant, left, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture undergraduate recruiter, and Logan Anderson, sophomore agronomy major and student ambassador, celebrate the recruitment teams successful virtual aloe propagation activity with students in a Norfolk High School agronomy class.
Tatyana Gulchuk | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
November 13, 2020
Tree climbing
Martha Mamo, Professor and Head of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, hangs from an East Campus tree during her first lesson in proper tree climbing.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
November 5, 2020
Ready to climb trees
Ann Powers, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Research Technician III and gardening and landscaping guru, prepares to teach proper tree climbing on East Campus tree.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
October 30, 2020
Collision of seasons
The first snow melts on still green corn in the East Campus teaching garden.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
October 26, 2020
Winter is coming
Research doesn’t stop at Nebraska during the cold months. The greenhouses keep both plants and researchers warm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
October 22, 2020
Last of the harvest
Alyssa Kuhn, a graduate student in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, directs research technician and combine driver Joshua Reznicek where to begin harvesting a row of corn. Kuhn works with associate professor Daren Redfearn in researching integrated crop, forage and livestock systems to evaluate the crop response following grazed corn residue and cover crops. Each year they harvest and collect grain yields to see if the addition of cattle into the system has a positive or negative impact on crop production.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
October 12, 2020
Harvest Begins
Joshua Reznicek, a research technician in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, combines soybeans in a field on East Campus. Alyssa Kuhn, a graduate student working with associate professor Darren Redfearn, uses this field in a research project involving integrated crop, forage and livestock systems where they are evaluating the crop response following grazed corn residue and cover crops. Each year they harvest and collect grain yields to see if the addition of cattle into the system has a positive or negative impact on crop production.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
October 2, 2020
Fall Planting
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture research technologists Greg Dorn and Mitch Montgomery plant winter wheat at Havelock Farm. Dorn is driving the tractor while Montgomery feeds the seeds into the planter.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Sept 29, 2020
Wear a mask
Chuck Francis, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture professor, said he wears a mask to protect himself, and more importantly to protect others, and to serve as a role model for how to confine this devastating disease.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Sept 22, 2020
Outdoor Classroom
Andrea Basche, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture assistant professor, teaches her Agronomy 405 Crop Management Strategies senior capstone course on a beautiful fall day in an outdoor classroom west of Plant Sciences Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Sept 17, 2020
Somerset Seedless
Grape harvest is taking place at Nebraska vineyards. These sweet pink table grapes, Somerset Seedless, grew in the high tunnel on East Campus as part of the University of Nebraska Viticulture Program’s research efforts.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Sept 10, 2020
Outdoor student learning
An Agronomy 132 Agronomic Plant Science Laboratory student works on an assignment in the Teaching Garden east of Keim Hall. The garden supports student learning by providing exposure to common field and garden crops. This class is taught by Meghan Sindelar, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture assistant professor of practice.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Sept 2, 2020
Class in the garden
Christian Elowsky, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture assistant professor of practice, teaches Horticulture 200 Landscape and Environmental Appreciation class in the gardens east of Keim Hall.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 27, 2020
Digging at Parker Pit
Soil judging coaches Judy Turk, School of Natural Resources assistant professor (left), and Becky Young, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture assistant professor of practice, record instructional videos at Parker Pit in southwest Lincoln for their Soil 279 Soil Evaluation class. Students study soils through direct experience in the field as part of their preparation to be on the University Soil Judging Team.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 21, 2020
Picking peppers
Sam Wortman, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture associate professor (left), and Elizabeth Cunningham, sophomore horticulture major, harvest and sort bell peppers on East Campus as part of a vegetable variety trial funded by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture through the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 4, 2020
Picking sweet corn
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's graduate students Fernanda Krupek (from left), Yavuz Delen, Osler Ortez, Nicolas Cafaro, Christopher Anuo, Jasmine Mausbach, and Gonzalo Rizzo pick a truckload of delicious sweet corn for AHGSA’s annual giveaway held Aug. 4.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
August 4, 2020
We love our plants
Sometimes we have to pamper our plants like these melons in the specialty crops garden on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 27, 2020
Delen outstanding in his field
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's doctoral student Yavuz Delen works on sunflower breeding and genetics with a focus on understanding the genetic diversity and the genomic basis of some complex traits in sunflowers using genome-wide association studies. Delen is advised by professor Ismail Dweikat.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 16, 2020
Smiling Sunflower
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's doctoral student Yavuz Delen creates a happy sunflower!
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 16, 2020
Harvesting Wheat
P. Stephen Baenziger, professor and Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, harvests wheat with his crew at Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 7, 2020
Wheat Harvest Crew
P. Stephen Baenziger, professor and Wheat Growers Presidential Chair, center, stands with his socially distanced wheat harvest crew at Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 7, 2020
Ready for Harvest
Winter wheat at Havelock Farm is ready to harvest.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
July 2, 2020
Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea or coneflower blooms in the Backyard Farmer garden on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 25, 2020
Planting the Teaching Garden
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture's Meghan Sindelar, assistant professor of practice (forefront), and Tom Galusha, agronomy research technologist I, plant a variety of crops in the teaching garden so it is ready for students in the fall.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 25, 2020
Planting Sudangrass
Elizabeth Cunningham, sophomore horticulture major, plants sudangrass cover crop with a walk-behind tractor and 3-row precision planter on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 15, 2020
Guttation Drops
Guttation drops hang from corn leaves in Osler Ortez’s research plot at Havelock Farm. These drops are normally located on the tips or edges of leaves and are the result of the plant secreting excess moisture/water from its pores. Gutattion generally happens overnight, when transpiration is suppressed (closed stomata) and soil moisture is high. Ortez is a doctoral student in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and is advised by Roger Elmore, emeritus professor of agronomy, and Justin McMechan, assistant professor of entomology.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 12, 2020
Describing Soils in the Pit
Becky Young, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture assistant professor of practice, demonstrates techniques for describing soils, in the East Campus teaching pit, for an instructional video for the Nebraska Soil Summer Institute for high school science teachers.
Aaron Young | Geologist with Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources
June 9, 2020
Packing Winter Triticale
Alyssa Kuhn, agronomy and horticulture graduate student (from left), and animal science graduate students Morgan Grabau and Kallie Calus, use their stocking feet to pack flowering winter triticale into five-gallon buckets to mimic the process of preserving it as silage.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
June 2, 2020
Scoring Wheat Flowering
Fang Wang, agronomy and horticulture doctoral student specializing in plant breeding and genetics, records wheat flowering at Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 29, 2020
Distributing Joy
Horticulture Club co-adviser Stacy Adams loads a flat of plants into a vehicle at the first-ever Mental Health Plant Distribution event held May 21.
Craig Chandler | University Communication
May 21, 2020
Planting Corn at Havelock
James Schnable’s crew were finally able to plant corn at Havelock Farm following rain. Brandi Sigmon, assistant professor of practice in plant pathology (left), and Christine Smith, research manager, load seeds into the planter. Driving the tractor is Josh Reznicek, agronomy and horticulture ag research technician.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
May 6, 2020
Hands-on Learning
Husker senior Chad Lammers balances work on the family farm in Hartington, Nebraska, with completing his Bachelor of Science in plant biology and minor in agronomy from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Photo courtesy of Claire Schilmoeller
May 3, 2020
Winter Wheat at Havelock
Winter wheat reaches for the sun at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Havelock Farm.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 27, 2020
Apple Blossom
Malus domestica or Minnewashta Zestars apple blooms by Plant Sciences Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 27, 2020
Pasque In Bloom
Pulsatilla patens or pasque flowers bloom in front of Keim Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 22, 2020
Our Fearless Leader
Martha Mamo, Professor and Head of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, stands in front of Plant Sciences Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 22, 2020
Dogwood Days of Spring
Cornus florida or ‘Cherokee Chief’, a dogwood, flowers near Keim Hall on East Campus.
Lana Koepke Johnson | Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
April 22, 2020