Turfgrass Science

Facilities

Valentine Turfgrass Research Center

Located in a state-of-the-art building completed in 1991, the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences has more than 78 offices and 20,000 square feet of laboratories. In addition to sharing the extensive resources of the University - including libraries, computation centers, and research institutes - it also maintains a 22-acre irrigated turfgrass research center, a landscape management research center, greenhouses, and several well-equipped field laboratories.

Penn State is among the leading research and teaching institutions in the country. More than 42,000 students are located on the University Park campus in State College, the cultural center of the region. Excellent recreational opportunities are available both on campus and in the surrounding open countryside and mountain forests.

Ornamental Grasses

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