CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU tree care tips June 18, 2024
With a hot, dry summer looming, Horticulture Program Co-ordinator Elise Menard Jonker talks trees and the right plant for the right place. Story begins at…
Tag: horticulture
Sun Peaks Independent News | How can we make our gardens more drought resistant? May 16, 2024
"Planting drought-resistant plants is paramount in reserving water," says Arts faculty member Dr. Darryl Carlyle-Moses. "Water the soil, not the leaves of plants or trees." Read…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU plant sale May 2, 2024
Elise Menard Jonker, professor in the Horticulture department, discusses the upcoming planting season and this year's Friends of the Garden sale on Saturday, May 4.…
Alumni, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Keeping Canada’s Tournament Capital winning: TRU alum Mike DeCicco May 31, 2022
It's not a household name, but the Sports Field Management Association (SFMA), headquartered in the US, is well known by sports industry professionals worldwide. TRU…
CBC Kamloops | 'Complete crop failure:' Don't expect any apricots in Kamloops this summer May 21, 2019
Very few apricot trees have flowered in Kamloops this year. Ernest Phillips, TRU horticulture instructor explains why. Read more
Alumni, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured, Sustainability
Stowing away lessons for a life of adventure October 18, 2018
On Salt Spring Island, one former Thompson Rivers University student helped cultivate a community on a self-sustaining farm. Now, she is one of four authors…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Science, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Talk to the Experts: from garage to greenhouse: meet floriculturist Ian Robertson April 18, 2018
[caption id="attachment_2313327" align="alignright" width="500"] Ian Robertson leads a TRU Friends of the Gardens weekly tour.[/caption] Plants scrub the air we breathe, boost our well-being with…
Faculty of Student Development
Career Education an ally to students September 12, 2017
Following graduation last December with a Natural Resource Science degree, recent graduate and former co-op student Amelia Galuska transitioned from the classroom to the workforce…
Campus News, School of Trades and Technology, Sustainability
TRU offers carbon-neutral weddings at refurbished garden site August 8, 2016
The TRU Horticulture Gardens now have even more to brag about. Sustainability is one more feature of the most beautiful venue on campus. The Horticulture Gardens…
Campus News, Sustainability
10 “Green” Places to Enjoy in the Kamloops Area this Summer July 5, 2016
School is out, the days are warming up, Summer is officially here! While you head out to enjoy the sunshine and all that our beautiful…
Faculty and staff, Featured
Free tours of the Horticulture Gardens April 29, 2016
It’s almost May and that means one of the best deals in the city is about to begin. Every Wednesday starting May 11 and ending…
