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UVM/Plant and Soil Science
  • Positions
  • Agroecology of Specialty Crops
  • Ecological Soil Management--in process


  • Buildings
  • UVM new residence halls--gold LEED certification
  • Davis Center--gold LEED certification
  • Future Plant Science building
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All-America Selections
Flower Display Garden
  • Burlington Waterfront Park


  • A cooperative effort of
  • Burlington Parks and Recreation
  • Dr. Leonard Perry, University of Vermont
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For more information,
 listing of plants...
  • ►Perry’s Perennial Pages
  • (perrysperennials.info)
  • ►Sustainable Research
  • ►Waterfront Park


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These gardens made possible by:
  • Burlington Parks and Recreation
  • Pleasant View Gardens
  • D.S. Cole Growers
  • Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturists
  • Burlington Garden Club



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Perennial Hardiness Research
  • Controlled freezing studies, field trials
  • Grad assistant Sarah Kingsley Richards 03-present
  • effects of moisture
  • cycling temperatures (above/below freezing)
  • plant age
  • various species, Miscanthus, Stepables
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2008 hardiness research
  • continue controlled freezing of groundcovers:
  • Stepables, Nooks and Crannies, Jeepers Creepers
  • Compost and fertility in perennial production
  • Mid-winter deacclimation of perennials
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These studies made possible by:
  • Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturists
  • Perennial Plant Association
  • New England Floriculture
  • New England Grows
  • nurseries
  • (Plant Haven, Blooms of Bressingham, Terra Nova, Quansett, Sunny Border, North Creek)


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