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Sarah Berquist ’11, ’15MS and students build a gorgeous and sustainable installation out of local flowers and foliage
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To show how their plant knowledge had blossomed throughout the past academic year, students from the Farmer-Florist Practicum (taught by Senior Lecturer Sarah Berquist ’11, ’15MS) set out to decorate an elaborate arbor structure with flowers and foliage at the Earth Day Extravaganza on Goodell Lawn. Creating this display was part of the course, allowing students to use all they had learned to make a captivating—and sustainably sourced—installation. The foliage (forsythia, crab apple, willow, and pussy willow branches) was foraged from nearby wooded areas. The flowers included several tulip and daffodil varieties grown by Berquist and her students, with additional tulips sourced from local Old Friends Farm and ranunculus (also known as Persian buttercup) from Springfield Florists Supply.
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