Hello!
May Day was our last big event of the semester, before finals and moving and summer time. May Day is a celebration of Beltane, and of all that our college community has done before the end of the year. We celebrate with club presentation, speech's from several students, Professors, and faculty members, planting of the new Native Plant Garden, dancing around the May Pole, acrobatics, and academic presentations.
It was a lovely ceremony!
Rosegrow hosted the planting of the native plant garden, next to Connelly Hall. We sold raffle tickets for a gardening basket and the opportunity to paint gnomes and rocks to place in the garden, which was a huge success!
Painted rocks are useful, especially in vegetable gardens, as they deter birds from eating the fruits of your plants!
Anyone walking around campus should be sure to take a detour next to Connelly Hall to see the gorgeous plants and beautifully painted gnomes and fairies.
After we tabled, and danced the May Pole, we moved into the library for academic presentations.
In addition to this presentation, I put together an archive exhibit, which is currently in the downstairs stacks of the reading room at the Gertrude Kistler Memorial Library!
Dr. Moravec presented on the history of gardens in the Synnott family, the development of chrysanthemums in botany, and the development of the flower show.
After the presentations, awards were given to students!
The Rosegrow awardees were:
Mia Hoppel- Leadership Award
Pearl Smith- Sustainability, Gardens & Animals Award
Tori Jones- Visual Narratives Award
Lucia Madron- Campus Photographer Award
Mark Laywhyee- Triple Crown Blooming Bard Award
Gianna Benson- Outstanding Senior Award
Gianna Benson- 103Benson
Sydney Coleman- Hearth & Hands Artisan Award
They were all so well deserved, and I was so honored to get to work alongside all of my amazing peers to make this semester the best it could be!
Getting the opportunity to showcase our work at May Day, I was really pleased with how far we've come since the beginning of the semester.
We brought back Rosegrow (and are ending the semester with sixteen active members!), planted a native plant garden (and began the re-wilding process), utilized our greenhouse, started the Patrick Herman Memorial Vegetable Garden, presented and helped organize the Climate Teach-In, hosted Earth Day Events, and presented at May Day.
I feel we've all done great work in making our campus a more sustainable, more beautiful place, and I can't wait to see what work will be done next year!
May we all continue learning, growing, and supporting each other, in our mission to protect our common home. <3
Xx, Mia Hoppel, Sustainability Intern.
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