Hello blog, and happy Monday! More importantly, happy Valentine’s Day!
I think the theme of this month so far has been work, and I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, where I can go to bed at ten o’clock, wake up at nine, sweep the Dorito crumbs off of my floor and finally do my laundry. I love everything I do around here, but sometimes all of my meetings and major assignments that only really come around once a month are all scheduled for the same week, and with February being such a short month and the first full month we’re back on campus, it was pretty inevitable that I’d end up swamped at some point.
In the spirit of those major commitments, this blog post will contain mostly pictures. Have no fear, though; they’re of a very exciting variety. I’ve mentioned before that I’m enrolled in Environmental Horticulture this semester, and not only have we been spending lab periods growing our own plants in the teaching greenhouses- my projects currently include corn, peas, sunflowers, marigolds, and cosmos-, we also got to visit the super big and super awesome campus greenhouses last week! So please, sit back and enjoy as I present several of the most exciting sites from Global Flora.
I don’t remember what this plant is- some type of fern?- but I really liked its flowers
If I’m remembering right, this is an aloe vera plant!
The dry biome in Global Flora
The oldest Camellia tree in New England, planted by the Durant family, who founded the college
Sending you joy,
Andrew