Membership

The MSUE Landscape Ornamentals team is comprised of Extension Horticulture Agents located in various counties across the State and campus based specialists from various departments across campus. We work together as a team to provide:

Leadership in research and education to foster the growth, economic viability and environmental stewardship of the GREEN Industries.

Leadership and knowledge to Michigan citizens to understand and implement environmentally sound plant care practices to improve the quality of life in their homes and communities.

The GREEN industry in Michigan is comprised of three distinct commercial segments and they are valued at two billion dollars a year.

Landscape Horticulture & Service Industries
Commercial Floriculture
Turf and Golf Course Industry

Along with these is the consumer clientele, including Master Gardeners and the general public.

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Gerald Adams, Associate Professor Botany & Plant Path. 268 Plant Biology, MSU East Lansing, MI 48824-1312 Phone: 517-355-0202 Fax: 517-353-1926 Email: gadams@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Diseases of Woody Ornamentals, Christmas Trees, Landscape Trees & Shrubs, Nursery Seedlings & Transplants	Jeanne Himmelein, District Horticulture Agent Kalamazoo County Extension Room 302 201 W. Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Phone: 616-383-8830 Fax: 616-384-8035 Email: himmelej@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Floriculture, Ornamental Horticulture & Turf Production
Coleen Boyer, County Horticulture Agent Muskegon County Extension 635 Ottawa Street Muskegon, MI 49442-1016 Phone: 616-724-6361 Fax: 616-724-4409 Email: boyerc@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Hort., Master Gardener Coord.	Dan Janzen, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent Ogemaw County Extension 205 S. Eighth West Branch, MI 48661 Phone: 517-345-0692 Fax: 517-345-1284 Email: janzend@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture & Gypsy Moth
Robert Bricault, Education Coordinator, Extension Liaison Hidden Lake Gardens 6280 W. Munger Road Tipton, MI 49287 Phone: 517-431-2060 Fax: 517-431-9148 Email: bricault@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture	James Kalishek, Extension Horticulture Agent Saginaw County Extension 705 Adams Street Saginaw, MI 48602 Phone: 517-799-2233 Fax: 517-799-2238 Email: kalishej@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Ornamental Horticulture, IPM Practices, Diagnostics (Landscape, Nursery & Greenhouse), Consumer Horticulture
Diane E. Brown-Rytlewski, Nursery Landscape Integrator B18 Food & Safety & Toxicology Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1311 Phone: 517-432-0480 Fax: 517-353-4995 Email: rytlews1@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Nursery Landscape Integrator	Dean M. Krauskopf, Integrated Crop Mgt. Agent MSU Extension, 6th Floor 640 Temple Street Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: 313-833-3278 Fax: 313-833-3298 Email: krauskop@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Plant Nutrition, Soil and Foliar Testing, Greenhouse IPM
Suleiman Bughrara, Assistant Professor Crop and Soil Sciences 488 Plant and Soil Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Phone: 517-432-8017 Fax: 517-353-5174 Email: bughrara@msu.edu Area of Expertise: Turfgrass Genetics and Breeding	Roberta Lawrence-Paschka, Horticulture Agent Washtenaw County Extension P.O. Box 8645 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 Phone: 734-997-1678 Fax: 734-996-3190 Email: lawrence@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Integrated Plant Health Management Practices, Shoreline Planting and Management for Water Quality Protection.
Bert Cregg, Assistant Professor Horticulture Department A214 Plant & Soil Science Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-353-9226 Fax: 517-353-0890 Email: cregg@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Woody Plant Physiology, Plant Stock Quality	Greg Lyman, Environmental Education Specialist Crop & Soil Science Department 584B Plant and Soil Science Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Phone: 517-353-8060 Fax: 517-355-0270 Email: lyman@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Turf Grass and Environmental Issues
Mike Creller, Extension Horticulture Agent St. Clair County Extension 200 Grand River Ave., Suite 102 Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone: 810-989-6935 Fax: 810-985-3557 Email: crellerm@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture, Pomology and Floriculture	Mary McLellan, State Master Gardener Coordinator Horticulture Department 240 Plant and Soil Science Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Phone: 517-353-3774 Fax: 517-353-0890 Email: mclella3@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Master Gardener Program, Consumer Horticulture
William Carlson, Professor Horticulture Department 240 Plant and Soil Science Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 Phone: 517-355-5178 Fax: 517-353-0890 Email: carlson@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Floriculture Production, Marketing, Strategic Planning	Terry McLean, Horticulture Agent Genesee County Extension G-4215 W. Pasadena Ave Flint, MI 48504 Phone: 810-244-8530 Fax: 810-249-5366 Email: mcleant@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture, Diagnostics, Master Gardener Coordinator
Karen Reynolds, Extension Horticulture Agent Washtenaw County Extension 300 Parkland Plaza Ann Arbor, MI 48107 Phone: 734-997-1678 Fax: 734-996-3190 Email: reynolka@co.washtenaw.mi.us Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator, Jr. Master Gardener	L. Andy Norman, District Turfgrass & Benzie County ANR Agent Coordinator MSU–NMC Plant Science Program Michigan State University – NORTH 2200 Dendrinos Drive, Suite 100 Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 231–929–3902 Fax: 231–929–0454 Email: norman@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Turf and Woody Plant Culture
Thomas Dudek, District Horticulture & Marketing Agent Ottawa County Extension 333 Clinton Street Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: 616-846-8250 Fax: 616-846-0655 Email: dudek@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Commercial Greenhouse, Nursery Production and Marketing	Greg Patchan, Extension Horticulture Agent Oakland County Extension 1200 N. Telegraph Road Building 26 East Pontiac, MI 48341 Email: patchan@msue.msu.edu Phone: 248–858–0887 Fax: 248–858–1477 Area of Expertise: Landscape Plant Management and Problem Analysis (Ornamentals & Turfgrass)
Tom Ellis, Specialist Entomology Department 131 Natural Science Building, MSU East Lansing, MI 48824-1115 Phone: 517-355-8478 Fax: 517-353-4354 Email: ellis@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Entomology, Gypsy Moth Education Programs.	Insa Raymond, Horticulture Agent MSU Branch County 23 E. Pearl Street Coldwater, MI 49036 Email: raymondi@msue.msu.edu Phone: 571-279-4311 Fax: 517-278-5064 Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator, Household Insects
Thomas Fernandez, Assistant Professor Department of Horticulture A216 Plant & Soil Science Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Phone: 517-353-3765 Fax: 517-353-0890 Email: fernan15@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Commercial Nursery & Landscape	Dave Roberts, District Horticulture Agent MSU Southeast Region 28115 Meadwobrook Rd. Novi, MI 48377 Phone: 248-347-0269 Ext. 231 Fax: 248-380-9193 Email: roberts@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Nursery, Landscape Pathology and Diagnostics
Rebecca Finneran, County Horticulture Agent Kent County Extension 836 Fuller Ave., N.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: 616-336-3265 Fax: 616-336-3836 Email: finneran@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer/Commercial Horticulture	George Silva, Horticulture Agent Easton County Extension 551 Courthouse Drive Charlotte, MI 48813 Phone: 517-543-2310 Fax: 517-543-8119 Email: silvag@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture
Kevin Frank, Assistant Professor Department of Crop and Soil Sciences 564 Plant and Soil Sciences Building, MSU East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 Phone: 517-432-9461 Fax: 517-355-0270 Email: frankk@msu.edu Area of Expertise: Turfgrass Physiology and Management	Dave Smitley, Professor Entomology Department 347 Natural Science Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824–1115 Phone: 517–355–3385 Fax: 517–353–4354 Email: smitley@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Nursery , Landscape Greenhouse and Turf Insect Management
Steve Fouch, Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent Emmet County Extension 438 East Lake Street Petoskey, MI 49770-2467 Phone: 231-348-1770 Fax: 231-348-0633 Email: fouch@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture	Joe Vargas, Professor Botany and Plant Pathology Department 102 CIPS Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824–1311 Phone: 517–353–9082 Fax: 517–353–5598 Email: vargas@pilot.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Turfgrass Diseases
Ralph Heiden, Extension Horticulture Agent Jackson County Extension 1699 Lansing Ave Jackson, MI 49202 Phone: 517-788-4292 ext. 313 Fax: 517-788-4640 Email: heiden@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture & Herbaceous Perennials	Gretchen Voyle, Extension Horticulture Agent Livingston County Extension 820 E. Grand River Ave Howell, MI 48843 Phone: 517–546–3950 Fax: 517–546–5154 Email: voyleg@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture & Household Insects, Gypsy Moth
Gary Heilig, County Horticulture Agent Ingham County Extension 121 East Maple Street Mason, MI 48854-1655 Phone: 517-676-7207 Fax: 517-676-7230 Email: heilig@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Composting, Diagnostics, Consumer Horticulture	Mary Wilson, Horticulture Agent Genesee County Extension G–4215 W. Pasadena Ave Flint, MI 48504 Phone: 810–244–8531 Fax: 810–249-5366 Email: wilsonma@msue.msu.edu Area of Expertise: Consumer Horticulture and Woody Ornamentals

Additionally, the following individuals also provide expertise to the industry.

George Bird, Professor
Entomology Department
35 Natural Science Building, MSU
East Lansing, MI 48824–1039
Phone: 517–353–3890 Fax: 517–353–4354
Email: bird@msue.msu.edu
Area of Expertise: Nematodes and Director of Diagnostic Service Lab.

Mary Hausbeck, Associate Professor
Botany and Plant Pathology
140 Plant Biology Building, MSU
East Lansing, MI 48824–1039
Phone: 517–355–4534 Fax: 517–353–1926
Email: hausbeck@msue.msu.edu
Area of Expertise: Disease Management of Greenhouse Flower Crops

William Kirk, Assistant Professor
Botany & Plant Pathology
140 Plant Biology Building, MSU
East Lansing, MI 48824–1039
Phone: 517–355–4534 Fax: 517–353–1926
Email: kirkw@pilot.msu.edu
Area of Expertise: Disease Management of Herbaceous Perennials.

The MSU Extension Ornamentals Team provides educational leadership through:

Statewide Programs

Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo
Advanced Master Gardener Training
Turfgrass Field Day
Turfgrass Conference
Landscape Cat Alert Newsletter
Northern Plant Symposium
Greenhouse Grower Career Development Certificate

Local Programs

Master Gardener Training
Nursery IPM Update
Landscape & Turf Management Tours
Greenhouse Educational Meetings

In addition, Extension Horticulture Agents and campus special(s) can provide.

Electronic Information
Education Programs
Technical Assistance
Bulletins
Newsletters

Individuals, growers, businesses and organizations in the State should feel free to contact a Team Member if you need assistance in any phase of your business.

Sincerely,
The Ornamentals Team

Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or religion.