2024 Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences Field Day

Event Date, Time, and Location

Friday, October 4, 2024 — 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

• TAMU Horticulture Teaching, Research, and Extension Center (Hort-TREC)
• 3199 County Rd 269 E
• Somerville, Texas 77879

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About the Event

The Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a field day on Friday, October 4th, the day after Spirited Learning and immediately preceding the Missouri football game.

This event will showcase active research programs at the new TAMU Horticulture Teaching, Research, and Extension Center (Hort-TREC), located approximately 10 miles west of campus near Snook, TX.

The facility features 22,000 square feet of greenhouse space and over 130 acres of research field plots.

Lunch will be included in the registration fee, along with a wine and fruit tasting and unique door prizes.

The event is open to horticulture industry personnel, but also Master Gardeners and the general public.

Field Day Tours

The field day will included guided tours of:

• The greenhouse/nursery facility,
• The fruit research plots,
• The TAMU research vineyard, and
• The TAMU pecan research orchard.

During the field tours, the following crops will be covered:

• Apricot,
• Asian persimmon,
• Bald cypress,
• Fig,
• Kiwifruit,
• Melon,
• Muscadine,
• Pear,
• Pecan,
• Pepper,
• Pineapple guava,
• Potato,
• Table grape,
• Wine grape, and
• Various other ornamentals.

For additional information please refer to the event flier. 

Availalbe CEUs

3 CEU's —Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) for Pesticide Applicator's License