more... > Hammond Research Station > What Is Happening Now > Azalea symposium scheduled for April 4 at Hammond Research Station (Distributed 03/07/12) The LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Chapter of the Azalea Society of America will be hosting an azalea symposium on Wednesday, April 4, at the Hammond Research Station. Hammond Research Station focuses on growing green industry [Image: Yan Chen] Established as the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station in 1922, the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station is now focused on providing research and education for Louisiana's nursery and landscape industry. Hammond field day features landscape horticulture [Image: Regina Bracy at field day] (Distributed 06/18/08) Landscape professionals and consumers alike received valuable information at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station’s second annual landscape horticulture field day on June 11. Fruit, Truck Experiment Station Grows into Horticulture Center [Image: Master Plan - Color Rendering cropped.jpg] Established as the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station in January 1922, the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station has served the needs of the strawberry and vegetable industries in Southeast Louisiana for more than 80 years.