Cultivar Trials Showcase
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OSU Cultivar Trials Showcase
Our Cultivar Trials Garden offers the opportunity to evaluate the performance of ornamental cultivars in typical Central-Ohio conditions. Don’t miss this brilliant showcase of this season's cultivars on display while mingling with other Green Industry professionals from the Cultivate'25 conference.
Enjoy light refreshments while you explore our gardens at their peak of the summer season! This event is free and open to the public.
Read about our Cultivar Trials and 2023 growing report here.
Click here for the 2025 trials list.
Parking
If you are coming from the AmericanHort Conference, Cultivate'25, free shuttle rides from the Convention Center are available beginning at 4:30 PM, with final departure from OSU back to downtown Columbus at 7 PM.
If you are driving yourself, parking can be found directly across from the Cultivar Trials in the Agriculture Administration Building Parking Lot for $2.75/hour. See the map here.