When visitors tiptoed through the tulips during K-State Open House — 8,000 tulips, to be exact — they enjoyed part of a K-State mainstay that’s been sowing horticultural education and appreciation for 150 years.
Throughout 2025, K-State Gardens celebrates its sesquicentennial. This is the year to gather with fellow floral fanatics and nature nuts of all varieties for tours, farm-to-table foods and holiday-themed fun.
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Rather than being relegated to the compost pile after the first freeze, many of the gardens’ 4,000 annuals are tucked into pots to ride out the winter in toasty greenhouses. They reappear in spring, along with seedlings and propagated cuttings from horticulture students who experienced new growth of their own by honing crucial career skills.
