Category Archives: OHP News
Samurai Precision Meets Midwest Horticulture: Inside the Collaboration Driving Grafting Automation
Written on January 9, 2026 at 2:53 pm, by admin
At Ohio State, a compact Japanese machine is helping researchers rethink what’s possible with vegetable grafting — and opening new doors for crop resilience, labor savings, and food system innovation. In a quiet greenhouse at The Ohio State University, a compact robot is doing something profound: it’s grafting tomatoes with near-perfect accuracy, and it’s doing Continue Reading »
A Midwest Proving Ground: Inside Green Legacy’s New Trial Garden
Written on November 19, 2025 at 6:58 pm, by admin
When Green Legacy broke ground on a one-acre trial garden in rural Ohio, they set out to do something different. Few trial gardens are located in the Midwest, and even fewer are built for landscapers. So, they created one, rooted in realistic growing conditions and designed for the people who shape the region’s landscapes. Launched Continue Reading »
When Hurricane Helene Devastated Carolina Native Nursery, the Community Rallied Together to Rebuild
Written on September 18, 2025 at 8:59 pm, by admin
It was a sunny Friday afternoon, September of 2024, when the storm had finally cleared in North Carolina. Bill Jones drove from his home in Asheville to Carolina Native Nursery, his business in Burnsville, just 30 minutes away. Although he expected storm damage, he did not expect to find thousands of black pots scattered across Continue Reading »