Plant Science & Landscape Architecture

Image of the Salton Sea in California on a sunny day

Studying the Convergence of Toxic Dust, Lung Disease, and Environmental Injustice Around California’s Salton Sea

New findings show chronic inhalation of toxic dust triggers shift in gut microbiome

Attendees at the 2026 CAHNR Scholars Celebration

CAHNR Scholars Celebration Honors Student Achievement and the Power of Donor Support

“A scholarship is an investment in a student today, but its impact can carry forward throughout a career and into the communities that student will one day serve”

Young Building

CAHNR Hosts First Annual Alumni Awards Event

The alumni awardees embody the values of innovation, mentorship, service, and lifelong learning that are at the heart of CAHNR's land-grant mission

John Inguagiato reviews a turfgrass sample

Turfgrass Disease Diagnostic Lab Helps Professionals Maintain Healthy Turf

The lab serves professional turfgrass managers, including golf courses, athletic fields, and lawn care operators for rapid diagnosis to address turfgrass pathogens and other problems

Students and participants at UConn Bug Week

Plant Lovers Wanted: Study Highlights Demand for Citizen Science

Developing a more coordinated approach to training citizen scientists could help protect ecosystems from invasive species that don't stop at state borders

Spotted lanternfly on a leaf

Ask UConn Extension: What to Know About Spotted Lanternfly

As this invasive insect native to parts of Asia becomes more and more prevalent in Connecticut, UConn Extension experts share important information with Connecticut residents

Students and faculty plant flowers against a concrete wall in a prison yard.

UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities

Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments

Spring flowers

The Garden Help Desk You Didn’t Know You Needed

The Office can address an array of gardening questions about plant health, insects, diseases, when to do routine maintenance like pruning and fertilizing, and even how to start a garden

John Inguagiato with event participants

Turfgrass Field Day Unites UConn Researchers, Industry Professionals

Over 240 members of the turfgrass industry learned about the latest research at UConn and technologies on the market

Nick Goltz in the lab

Sick Plants? UConn’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory Can Help

"If plants are your livelihood, or you just have a plant in your office that’s not looking so hot, we’re here to help you, and we’re really excited to do it.”