{"id":5170,"date":"2013-03-19T16:08:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T20:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2013-03-19T16:08:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T20:08:50","slug":"thank-you-msu-horticulturists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=5170","title":{"rendered":"Thank You MSU Horticulturists!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever take a stroll through a garden and become inspired and amazed at its beauty? If you\u2019ve ever walked through the <a title=\"MSU Horticulture Gardens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrt.msu.edu\/our-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSU Horticulture Demonstration Gardens<\/a> you may have noticed how beautiful they are and it\u2019s all thanks to the MSU Horticulturists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5219\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5219 \" alt=\"The Judith A. DeLapa Perennial Garden\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens-2.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens-2.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers in the MSU Gardens have never looked so good! It&#8217;s all thanks to the MSU Horticulturists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MSU\u2019s campus boasts several wonderful demonstration gardens such as the The Judith A. DeLapa Perennial Garden, The Amien Carter Annual Gardens, <a title=\"4-H Children's Garden\" href=\"http:\/\/4hgarden.cowplex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Michigan 4-H Children\u2019s Garden<\/a> and many others. Horticulturists at MSU work year-round to arrange and maintain the gardens.<!--more--><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love working with the gardens because I see what they have to offer to our thousands of visitors &#8211; education, creativity, beauty and a sense of peace! A great combination and we get to help put it together,\u201d said Art Cameron, director of the MSU Horticulture Demonstration Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated in 1993, this year marks the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the current gardens. The MSU Horticulture Gardens had been in place for several decades before the dedication of the current MSU Gardens. The new MSU Horticulture Demonstration Gardens were created when the Horticulture department moved to the new Plant and Soil Science building on south campus.<\/p>\n<p>The 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary also marks the recognition of hard work by the MSU Horticulturists to create spaces where the general public and MSU staff and students can relax, socialize and explore.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are several events planned for this year to celebrate the anniversary including: the<strong> <\/strong>Spring Design Conference\u00a0 on April 27, a plant sale to benefit the gardens on May 18, BeePalooza on June 23,<strong> <\/strong>the Anniversary Celebration Aug. 1 and Garden Day on Aug. 2. More information about all of these events can be found on the <a title=\"MSU Horticulture\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrt.msu.edu\/our-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Horticulture website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5218\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5218\" alt=\"The Amien Carter Annual Gardens\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/msu-horticulture-gardens.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many MSU gardens and nature&#8217;s natural decorations, maintained by the MSU Horticulturists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Thank you MSU Horticulturists for 20 years of beauty!\u00a0 We look forward to many more!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Visit the MSU\u00a0Gardens!\" href=\"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/27\/visit-the-msu-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Check out this video of the gardens!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever take a stroll through a garden and become inspired and amazed at its beauty? If you\u2019ve ever walked through the MSU Horticulture Demonstration Gardens you may have noticed how beautiful they are and it\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=5170\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Thank You MSU Horticulturists!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1lo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}