Tower Road greenhouses at night.
From Ithaca, Geneva and other locations around New York, we serve professionals, students and citizens of New York State, the nation, and the world.
We generate and extend knowledge about fruits, vegetables and landscape plants for the purpose of sustaining the environment, enhancing economic vitality, and improving the quality of life for individuals and communities.
Learn more about our teaching, research and extension and outreach programs, and visit our featured websites.
Visit Horticulture internships, our new website that helps undergrads find horticulture and plant-science internships.
Cornell Orchards has fresh fruit, cider, honey, maple syrup, gifts and more. Hours and directions. Follow on Facebook.
- Planning and Organizing Sustainable Gardening Programs - Starts Feb. 20
- Organic Gardening - Starts March 12.
- Teaching and Learning in the School Garden - Starts Mar. 26
Spring seminar series starts Jan. 23, 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. Plant Science Room 404 and via Polycom to Geneva A134 Barton Hall.
- Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo - Jan. 24-26, Syracuse, N.Y.
- Greenhouse IPM workshops - Feb. 14, Ontario County, March 8 Yates County, March 13 Saratoga County.
- Stink bug, ash borer webinar - Feb. 27, local Extension offices.
- Small Farm Summit - Feb. 29, Ithaca and 4 locations around N.Y.
- More events
Passionate about plants ...
Undergrad Plant Sciences videos.
More info for prospective students:
Nature of plants class gets a bird's eye view of forest ecosystems. View video. |
Use alcohol to keep forced bulbs from flopping over. Here's how.

David Wolfe discusses climate change at Inside Cornell press luncheon in NYC.
Video | Cornell Climate Change website

Read why Hort is Hot! in CALS News. View follow-up links.
- Directory - Faculty, staff, grad students
- Map - Find hort facilities statewide
- Ithaca-Geneva shuttle service
- Blogs - Dept. and related programs
- Cornell Orchards
- InfoCenter - For hort faculty and staff.
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y.
- Pages for growers
- Home gardeners
- Alumni
- Facilities
- SoHo (Grad student organization)
- Hortus Forum (Undergrad hort club) - Follow on Facebook.
- Career opportunities (jobs, internships, scholarships)
Education Studies and Teacher Preparation. Undergrad and grad minors in education. 2-semester MAT program leading to certifica- tion to teach 7-12 ag, sciences.

