Class of 2012 Service Project

On Friday September 16th, the biology students of the class of 2012 made their first foray into maintenance of the Lady Garden.

(Front row, left to right) J.J. Schmidt, Ben Brown; (back row) Heather Chappius, Mary Ashmore, Carissa Reh, Nick Coan, Paras Terrell, Sister Anne Donigan (project moderator), Shannon Cleveland, Craig Trueblood before the work began.

(Clockwise from top left) J.J., Ben, Nick and Craig tackled the weeds in the border beds.

Mary Ann Clayton, NCSD lab assistant, Penn State Master Gardener, and consultant to the Service Project (left) and Sister Anne got their hands dirty, too!

(From the left) Mary, Carissa, Heather, Paras and Shannon cleaned out the beds around the fountain.

(Left) JJ and Craig helped clean up; over 12 trash bags were filled with debris from the Garden. (Right) Ben won the battle with this thistle, but the war on the weeds goes on.