Supreme Court judging two cases on L&C Campus. Read more on Pg. 2A. Adam. Is this movie woke or just sleeping? Read the review on Pg. 9A.
september 2019 Vol. 50/Issue 01
The Garden Show Makes a
SENSE-Sational Impact on L&C
By Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu
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or another year, Lewis and Clark Community College’s Garden Show has succeeded in drawing the eyes of visitors, students, staff, and faculty alike.
Looking Glass, Garden of Eatin’, Bee-Dazzled, and Menagerie in Bloom. Lewis and Clark Community College’s landscaper and gardener, Katie Piper, believes that the various activation The Garden Show of multiple senses includes thousands of makes an important different types of plants, impression that stands including flowers, trees, out from other themes. herbs, and more. This year’s theme, being “What I think makes S E N S E - S a t i o n a l this show stand out from Blooms, have made a the rest is the interactive point to divide the eight aspect,” says Piper. garden exhibits around “We hope this show campus meant to entice appeals to people of a specific sense from all ages and encourage those who view them. them to get out into the The senses that are gardens, taste the herbs meant to be affected and veggies and feel include touch, sound, the different textures of sight, smell, and taste. the plants. This garden show is a feast for the Each exhibit is also senses literally and specifically named, figuratively.” including Say Aloe to My Little Friend, It is not only visual plants Whispering Winds, that have been a part Don’t Stop Be-leafing, of this year’s garden Come to Your Senses, show, but also naturally Scarborough Fair, Don’t grown vegetables Kale My Vibe, Mirror made available. Mirror, and It was Mint to Be. Each exhibit is “My favorite pocket placed on campus, and garden is ‘Don’t Kale can be easily seen and My Vibe’ located in admired as students the grove,” says Piper. pass them on their way “In this design we to class. mixed vegetables with ornamental plants. I S E N S E - S a t i o n a l love that visitors can Blooms is the latest grab a snack while theme of many Garden admiring how attractive Shows in the past, vegetables can be. including Bicentennial I hope this garden Blooms, Solar Flair, inspires visitors to think Gardens through the outside of the box when
A section of the Sense-Sational Blooms garden near Hatheway includes its own frame. Photo by Krystie Morrison.
using vegetables in their home gardens.”
Show. “The gardens are always open for self-guided tours with Piper also shares the maps available at the variety of options that security building. We the general public love to give garden may attend and tours as well and that enjoy the Garden can be arranged by
contacting myself at kaepiper@lc.edu or our horticultural manager Ethan Braasch at ebraasch@lc.edu.” For any further information about the
Sense-Sational Blooms Garden Show, more details are available at www.lc.edu/sensesational/. For more garden show photos see pg. 10A.
Save the Bees
Pollinator Population is the Bee’s Knees Krystie Morrison kemorrison@lc.edu
You see them everywhere but what do we really know about the bees and their needs? Bees are essential to our lives and without them we lose a lot of things including, but not limited to: specific plants, fruits and vegetables and even other wildlife.
support beekeepers by purchasing their products, and you can even sponsor a hive.
Lewis and Clark is assisting the bee population by planting bee friendly plants that are inviting to said tiny insects. As you walk around campus, you will notice an increase in bees because of those Over the last decade the number of bees have mesmerizing purple plants in almost every flower been dwindling at a very alarming rate. According bed. to preliminary data from the Bee Informed Partnership, between Oct. 1, 2018, and April. 1, The Sense-Sational Blooms garden is not the 2019, researchers have found that 37.7 percent only one to showcase bee friendly plants. Lewis of colonies managed by commercial beekeepers and Clark has been helping the bee population have declined. This is the highest percentage of ever since their 2014 summer garden show, Beepopulation loss to be documented since the survey Dazzled which showcased sunflowers, morning began back in 2006. glories and many other flowers that attract bees.
Busy bees are all over campus moving pollen from one place to another! Photo by Krystie Morrison.
Reasons for major decline includes parasites invading hives, exposure to pesticides, and It is vital to the bee population to become a bee loss of habitat. These factors are affecting bee ambassador. Help your friends and family to populations in nature, as well as farmer’s colonies. learn more about these wonderful and vital tiny creatures. For more information on the decline of There are multiple ways to help save the bee the bees and how we can help save them, please population! You can start a bee friendly garden, visit www.thehoneybeeconservancy.org.