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Growing on caucus
Student Donna Ford (right) gathers plants for her first landscaping project.
The tool shed houses hundreds of garden tools and
machinery.
World of color awaits visitors
Christina Mueller
Staff Writer
Photos by
Christina Mueller
One of two greenhouses where plants are given special care.
Below: a “trial” project which has been growing since January.
Beyond the shrubs near
Clairmont Hall lies a separate
world, a world filled with vibrant
color and vegetation: the Clacka
mas Horticulture Department.
Five acres of gardens and labs,
including two greenhouses, one
plastic house and several land
scape gardens, are the study en
vironment for several hundred
people annually. Throughout the
year these people pass through a
variety of classes and workshops
in order to learn something new
or to work toward a degree.
Elizabeth Howley, instructor
and horticulture club advisor, has
been with the college for 14 years.
“ A students’ horticulture expe
rience includes choosing a crop
and being the sole grower of that
crop for the whole school year.
This teaches the students the pro
cess of plant growth and helps
them learn the care required to
weather a crop throughout the
year. Another common study is
to grow a plant as a trial, to chart
its growth and calculate statistics
uch as growth in inches versus
time growing,” says Howley.
The purpose of horticulture
classes at Clackamas is to prepare
students to work in a plant envi
ronment such as a greenhouse,
nursery or landscape.
In addition to the horticulture
classes and workshops, there is a
Horticulture Club. Anyone who
is currently enrolled at the college
is welcome to join the club and
participate in its many events.
Each year the club sponsors a
horticulture student by providing
full tuition at the college. It also
holds several plant sales.
The first opportunity will be
the Winter Bazaar in the Commu
nity Center, where the club will
be selling plants and crafts.
In
addition, there will be a sale near
Valentine’s Day and the famous
Mother’s Day sale, held on May
9 this year.
If you enjoy seeing the plants
and flowers around campus, take
a peek at the horticulture land lab
behind Clairmont Hall. There,
you will find many of the same
varieties as are seen on the cam
pus grounds since the landscap
ers get many of their plants from
the Horticulture Department.
Everyone is welcome to come
and see the horticulture land lab,
the herb garden, the vegetable and
flower garden, the rose garden
and nursery.
Helping
Everyone's
Environment
Live
Fall Meeting Schedule:
Mondays 11 to 11:45 a.m.
Pauling 124
For additional information,
or if you can't attend:
Call Ken Eshelman at ext. 2247