CSU gets $100,000 for horticulture, landscape research

Plant producers, landscapers and other green firms that “bring to life” yards, gardens, golf courses and public spaces have donated nearly $100,000 to CSU for research in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, the university announced Friday.

The donation will be invested so that annual earnings from the endowment will provide a flow of research funding for years to come.

The same group has given CSU money for research for nearly four decades; the endowment will allow a continuation of this support in perpetuity.

Donna Ralston, former executive director of the GreenCo Foundation and a leader in providing the donation, said the…