April is Earth Month, and Illinois State University’s campus is blossoming with opportunities to celebrate nature. The seeds for one such initiative were planted by senior environmental systems science and sustainability (ESSS) major Haley Cepek.
A generous gift from Betty Norris Fairchild’s estate—facilitated by Fairchild’s daughter Barbara—has endowed the Children’s Discovery Garden and created a scholarship for agriculture students.
Visitors to the 18th annual Autumnal Festival at Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center, September 9-10, will experience what it was like in Illinois, before 1800, to stand amid a towering prairie.
The free, outdoor community performance event is centered around listening to Native Americans as a reconciliatory act of land acknowledgement.
In its fourth year, the annual Horticulture Center Plant Sale is an opportunity for local gardeners to fill their plots and pots with organically grown plants while supporting Illinois State’s Horticulture Center.
The Illinois State University Horticulture Center will hold the 2023 annual plant sale. Online ordering will run from May 7-20.
Last spring, a fundraising campaign during Birds Give Back funded a new internship at Illinois State University Horticulture Center.
Growth abounds in the College of Applied Science and Technology’s affiliate programs and centers: the University Farm, the Horticulture Center, the Child Care Center, and the Gamma Phi Circus.
Jalen Cunningham, a senior graphic design major, spent the summer designing an original clothing line inspired by Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center.
The 2022 Autumnal Festival will be September 10-11 celebrating the theme “Plant Curiosities: Uncovering the hidden wonders of the botanical world.”
