Category Archives: Lab News
Garden Ecology Lab Year in Review: COVID Edition
This past year presented challenge and change to the Garden Ecology Lab. COVID locked us out of the lab and out of the field for a period of time. We said goodbye to two lab members (Angelee graduated! Cliff decided … Continue reading
Posted in Lab News, Native Plants, Pollinators, science
Tagged Garden Ecology Lab Research, research recap
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OSU Has the 1st Endowed MG Professorship in the Nation!
Garden research takes a lot of time, patience, and money. For example, the four new research projects that I detailed in an earlier post will cost close to $180,000 *this year, alone* to cover the salary and benefits of one … Continue reading
Garden Ecology Lab Research Update
COVID-19 has impacted our research in many different ways, including making it more difficult to find time to provide research updates on a regular basis. Despite the long silence, we have many projects up and running this summer! In fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddleja, butterfly bush, Cara, garden microbes, garden soils, Gwynne, Jen, nativars, Native Plants, pollinators, Tyler
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How COVID-19 Has Impacted the OSU Garden Ecology Lab
I asked our group if they would be willing to share how COVID-19 is impacting their science, their studies, and their life. Our collective reflections can be found, below. Gail Langellotto, Professor and Statewide Master Gardener Coordinator: In early February, … Continue reading
Sharing my Story – Angelee Calder
Hello Blog Readers! I am writing here to share my story! Possibly also to toot my horn a bit. I am extremely proud of what I have been up to lately! In the Lab… I joined this lab through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abroad, Intern, PSLA, research, State Capitol, STEM Leaders, TRIO, Undergraduate
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Setting up a native-nativar plant study
Natives vs Nativars Recent studies report an increase in consumer demand for native plants, largely due to their benefits to bees and other pollinators. This interest has provided the nursery industry with an interesting labelling opportunity. If you walk into … Continue reading
Posted in Beneficial Insects, Lab News, Native Plants, science
Tagged California poppy, Camas, field research, nativars, native cultivars
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What Does Permaculture Mean to You?
This week’s post comes from Mericos Rhodes, who is a MAIS student at Oregon State University. His M.A. studies combine the fields of Horticulture, Food in Culture and Social Justice, and Public Policy Mericos’s capstone thesis will be comparing the history, practices, … Continue reading
PolliNation Podcast and Lab Update
If you love bees, and you have not yet subscribed to PolliNation, you’re missing out! OSU Professor and PolliNation podcast host, Andony Melathopolous, does a wonderful job assembling a diverse array of guests to talk all things pollinator. Aaron Anderson … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron, Angelee, ecology research, Gabe, Isabella, Lauren, Lucas, mykl, Native Plants, research, Signe
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Garden Bee Webinar
In case you missed the webinar on our garden bee research, I’ve embedded the video, below. The entire webinar is about an hour. And, make sure to mark your calendars for Monday, October 22nd at 11am PST. Aaron Anderson will … Continue reading
Upcoming Webinars Feature Garden Ecology Lab Research
If you are interested in hearing more about our research, please consider sitting in on one of the upcoming webinars we are presenting, as part of the Advanced Training Series for Master Gardeners, organized by OSU Extension Faculty Member, Brooke … Continue reading