The Bayboro Garden gates were opened to welcome students for Garden Appreciation Day. Visitors got a chance to see how vegetables are harvested and learned how to get involved.
Hosted by the Gardening Club, the Feb. 22 event was put on to bring awareness about the campus gardening opportunities available for students.
“We’re having people come out to appreciate the garden, have a good time, learn how to plant and get our name out a little more in the school community,” said Luke Hoerner, club president. “I think it’s a really good thing to teach the kids in the city, who haven’t gotten a chance to garden, to learn how to do some of these things.”
This semester club members have been growing a variety of crops including carrots, radishes, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, eggplants, onions, basil and Brussels sprouts. But the Gardening Club is about more than just planting vegetables, said club member William Nicks.
“Most people think we just come here and we dig soil, or we grow stuff just to eat on our own, but really we’re a little community,” said Nicks. “We come out, we talk to each other, we dish dirt, we dig dirt and we joke around. We’re a family and we’re always looking to grow.”
The Gardening Club holds meetings every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Bayboro Garden, located behind the Piano Man building on Third Street South. Half of the gardening plots are also available to students who may not be able to make it to weekly meetings.
Photo by Daniel Mutter
