Preview of the upcoming teaching garden
By Nicholas Papini | Observer Contributor
Image courtesy of Christine Nelson
A new teaching garden, opening soon on the Gardner campus, will help students broaden their experience and make them more desirable to prospective employers. Thomas Montagno, Professor of Biology and Chair of the Natural Resources Program, described the proposal.
Students in horticulture and greenhouse management programs will interact with and learn to manage a greater variety of plants. Currently, the only plants that these students interact with are planted in pots. The teaching garden will give them the opportunity to learn to prune plants and how plants interact with their environments.