UFOR Nursery & Lab

Our Story

The Urban Forestry Outreach, Research & Extension Nursery is located on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus and is part of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Here we work on a wide range of research projects, teach University undergraduates, and offer outreach education to the industry.

Nursery research here focuses on improving production practices and enhancing the long term health of trees in the urban environment. Trees are grown in our nursery from seed or cuttings until they are ready to be planted in their new environment. Specific research projects focus on the effects of various planting techniques on the health of tree roots, gravel beds used for increasing the health and survival of transplanted trees, pot-in-pot nursery production, along with testing and development of elm trees resistant to Dutch elm disease.

Our work here serves University students, staff, and faculty, professional arborists, garden center employees, nursery growers, private citizens, and urban foresters.