The UMass Extension Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture Team supports the greenhouse industry with research and information on environmentally safe production practices and marketing. The greenhouse industry is one of the largest production agriculture moneymakers in Massachusetts’s, valued at $78 million dollars.
There are over 1000 commercial greenhouse and flower producing operations growing potted plants, perennials, bedding plants and cut flowers. The team’s overall goal is to help Massachusetts greenhouse growers remain profitable within the environmental, social, and economic climate of the state.
The team’s educational activities include newsletters (Floral Notes), two websites (New England Greenhouse Update and Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture), publications, workshops, conferences, training programs, diagnostic services and research.
The team also works with Extension Specialists and grower representatives throughout the northeast to host The Northeast Greenhouse Conference, held every other year. The conference includes over 60 educational sessions and 200 exhibitors.
Crops Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets on Business Management
Fact Sheets on Greenhouse Management and Engineering
Plant Nutrition Fact Sheets
Pest Management Area
Fact Sheets on Energy
Fact Sheets on Pest Management
Greenhouse Best Management Practices Manual – Download Manual
Upcoming Events
Northeast Greenhouse Conference
Plant Problem Diagnostic
Starting a Greenhouse Business
Recent Research
Floral Note Commercial Horticulture Newsletter Subscription Form
Contact
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: (413) 545-5214
Fax: (413) 545-3958
Douglas Cox – Associate Professor
Tina Smith – Extension Specialist
Robert Wick – Associate Professor
Photo: Tina Smith, UMass Extension
Cut flowers growing in crates with drip tape, being irrigated with water from a private well.