Jessica Shields – Our second week of work at Fanshawe College

It’s hard to believe we’re already at the end of our second week, and yet here we are.

We started off the week by picking up where we left off on Friday in the garden beds of R3. With graduation and the Cuddy open house only weeks away there is still a lot of work to be done. It seems we’re finally starting to get the hang of things, from morning circle checks to greenhouse operations and some of us are starting to get a feel for what we really enjoy and what we’re good at. For example, Jeff is good at talking.

With spring here and our graduation and open house at Cuddy’s deadline only two short weeks away we must keep morale up as we power through rain or shine tackling weeds and mulching garden beds. However it is nice to see all those woody plants we studied in class are finally flowering and leafing out.

Cercis Canadensis in bloom behind L building

Primrose in the garden directly in front of F building

Come out and see the A.M. (Mac) Cuddy Garden tour on June 1 and 2, 2013 and view one of the greatest plant collections in Ontario maintained by the students of the Horticulture Technician Program. See you there!