Scientists studying rooftop gardens on Coast
by MBJ Staff Published: January 14,2013
Tags: agriculture, climate, college, food, fruit, garden, higher education, horticulture, public university, researcher, reserarch, rooftop garden, science, scientist, study, vegetable
GULFPORT — Horticulture scientists at Mississippi State University are studying and recording the effects of the coastal climate on rooftop gardens in Gulfport. When they learned the eight green roofs at the Armed Forces Retirement Home were struggling to survive, Christine Coker and Gary Bachman, both horticulture scientists at MSU’s Coastal Research and Extension Center, [...] [...]
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