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.
Unit: Horticulture Center
Donor spotlight: Betty Norris Fairchild Children’s Discovery Garden
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.
Autumnal Festival to celebrate ‘native roots’
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.
Sunset on the Longest Day: An Act of Indigenous Restoration at ISU Horticulture Center
The free, outdoor community performance event is centered around listening to Native Americans as a reconciliatory act of land acknowledgement.
Rooted in horticulture: Students cultivate annual plant sale
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.
Horticulture Center 2023 Plant Sale, May 7-20
The Illinois State University Horticulture Center will hold the 2023 annual plant sale. Online ordering will run from May 7-20.
Permission to flourish
Last spring, a fundraising campaign during Birds Give Back funded a new internship at Illinois State University Horticulture Center.
Applied growth: CAST affiliates facilitate hands-on learning
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.
A fashionable garden: Student grows clothing line inspired by Horticulture Center
Jalen Cunningham, a senior graphic design major, spent the summer designing an original clothing line inspired by Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center.
Autumnal Festival at the Horticulture Center, September 10-11, 2022
The 2022 Autumnal Festival will be September 10-11 celebrating the theme “Plant Curiosities: Uncovering the hidden wonders of the botanical world.”