Conveniently located near the Cornell campus, Bluegrass Lane serves as a center for turf, flower and woody landscape plant research for the Department of Horticulture. Directions to Bluegrass Lane.
The 'Bluegrass Lane' Turf and Landscape Research Center provides an effective, flexible and friendly environment supporting research, extension and teaching activities including:
- Golf, sports and lawn turfgrass
- Woody plants
- Bulbs and perennial and annual flowers
The 28-acre site (with an additional 17 acres slated for development) is conveniently located near the Cornell campus, adjacent to the Robert Trent Jones golf course. Turfgrass research at the site began in 1976. Integration of other landscape research began in 1999. Before the university purchased the property, it was a dairy farm, and was maintained as a hay field before it was converted to turfgrass research.
More than 30 research projects are carried out at the site annually, which also hosts four field days most years. Currently the staff includes two full-time and one half-time positions.
The facility features:
- An extensive irrigation system.
- A 12,000-square-foot containerized plant nursery.
- 12 acres protected by an 8-foot-tall, high-tensile, woven, fixed-knot fence.
- Display gardens.
For more information, contact Eric Schatt, farm manager: ecs222@cornell.edu or 607-255-4543.
Moffett Memorial Garden entrance.
Visitors hear about annual flower testing. View photo galleries of annual flower research.
Urban tree research.
Field day visitors view putting green research.