HLA Happenings August 22-29, 2015

Wednesday, August 26 from 10:00-11:00 am., HORT 217 Coffee Hour. Drop in to interact with your colleagues. Graduate Students, this is your chance to chat with faculty. Please bring your own cup. Friday, August 28 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm - Graduate Student Welcome BBQ. Located in the circle between the Hort building and Hort greenhouses. Join us to celebrate the start of another great year! Please bring a dish to share. Help is also needed for set-up, cooking, and clean-up. Change is in the air… at Whistler Hall. The pollinator, butterfly and beneficial insect garden that Mindy Appold’s Planting Design II (LA325) students designed Fall 2015 is currently being installed. We invite you to watch the transformation. The hardscaping will be installed this Fall and the perennial planting will be installed Spring 2016, and at that time there will be an official ribbon cutting ceremony. We will keep you posted. Although, the construction documents were prepared by Purdue’s Physical Facilities Department many of the design ideas were taken from the student’s designs as well as the plant selection. The garden includes seating areas for insect observation, an outdoor class gathering area and even a trellis for hopps plants that provide great forage for pollinators. The plants selected for the design were chosen for their blooming time, native heritage and whether or not they are host plants for specialized insects. “The Fall Farm Share Session will be running out at the Student Farm August 24-October 29, 2015. $250/ 10 week subscription. 3 convenient campus pick up locations. Choose your share items online. Proceeds support the education of young farmers. Beautiful, fresh, ecologically grown. Sign-up today! Contact us at student.farm@purdue.edu.“ The Purdue Student Farm will be vending at two local farmers’ markets May-October Wednesdays 4-7 pm West Lafayette Farmers’ Market Cumberland Park Thursdays 11-3 pm Purdue Farmers’ Market Memorial Mall https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/programs/studentfarm/Pages/Welcome.aspx