An upcoming workshop at Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center will teach participants to make a kokedama. Otherwise known as string gardening, a kokedama involves making the base of the plant into a ball, covering it with moss, and hanging the entire plant.
Brett Arseneault, a College of Business alumnus, started his own business when he discovered a passion for photography. Here’s why Brett, who is also a loan review officer at a bank, gives back to his alma mater, in his own words.
Standing tall at Illinois State’s Horticulture Center is the castor bean plant, a fast-growing suckering shrub with dark-reddish purple leaves. It’s a beautiful plant. And it can also kill you. The seeds from the castor bean plant are poisonous to people, animals and insects. That’s because the toxic protein in the castor bean is ricin.
