Student activities
In addition to their research responsibilities, student interns visit a wide variety of nurseries, gardens, and conferences in order to gain a better understanding of ornamental crop production.
Student activities In addition to their research responsibilities, student interns visit a wide variety of nurseries, gardens, and conferences in order to gain a better understanding of ornamental crop production. |
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| Students getting a tour of nursery spray equipment. |
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| Visiting the Atlanta Botanical Garden. |
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| Gabriela (Argentina), Magdalena (Poland), Gilda (Ecuador), and Vyacheslav (Ukraine) visit the Hermiston experiment station to learn about crops grown in eastern Oregon. |
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| Every year a picnic is held for student interns from throughout the Oregon nursery industry. This gives interns the opportunity to meet other students with similar summer jobs. |
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| Visit to Silver Falls State Park. |
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| View of Atlanta skyline during trip to the Nursery Research Conference. |
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| Visiting Auburn University in Alabama. |
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| Photographing plants during a nursery visit. |
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| Students visit the installation of Pot-in-Pot container production system. |
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| Students visit a bark handling company. Bark is the primary component in Oregon nursery containers. |
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| Students spend most time studying nursery and greenhouse production. However, we take some time to learn about vegetable and fruit production. Here students learn about potato production in eastern Oregon. |
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| Magdalena, myself, and Gabriela visit the Vista House along the Columbia River Gorge on the way back from a nursery visit. |
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| Gilda (Ecuador) learns about topiary from a local nursery expert. |
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| Eric, from a local nursery, explains to Gilda (Ecuador) and Magdalena (Poland) the intricacies of budding apple trees. |
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