Commercial Horticulture

Fruits & Vegetables: economics, Peach Columns

Landscape & Ornamentals: management, pest management, economics, Crapemyrtle, Common Woody Landscape Plants

Nursery Production: Wetlands, Irrigation, IPM, Container Substrates, Water Runoff Mgmt.

Turf Management: pest management, economics

Extension: Community Gardening, Sustainable Schoolyard Habitats, This Month in Your Garden

Home Gardening

HGIC logoHome & Garden Information Center (HGIC) provides research-based information on gardening, pest, and food safety and nutrition issues. The HGIC is staffed by horticulture Extension Agents and food safety specialists who are available by phone, 1-888-656-9988 (SC residents only), from 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday.

Master Gardener Volunteer Program trains volunteers in delivering researched-based consumer horticulture information to citizens of South Carolina.

Extension's Horticulture

man picking a peach close upClemson Extension employs 36 extension agents with primary horticulture responsibilities in South Carolina. These county agents work closely with state extension specialists and researchers located on campus and at the various research and education centers located across the state.

They provide expertise in topics ranging from fruits and vegetables, landscape, turf, ornamental plants and issues related to home gardening or commercial production.  Many of your home and garden questions can be easily addressed at Clemson's Home and Garden Information Center.

find a local county extension office

Horticulture Program Team Leader:
Dr. Desmond R. Layne