by agkennin | Nov 4, 2024 | Biodiversity
On September 11th, the School of Art students, in collaboration with the Office for Sustainability, took a field trip to the Oak Knoll remnant prairie behind the Cato Springs Research Center. The art students rode spin e-bikes to the location and spent several hours...
by Eric Boles | Mar 1, 2021 | Biodiversity, Pollinators, Uncategorized
In the fall of 2020, an interested university employee and long-time monarch butterfly enthusiast began to work on creating a pollinator garden in a dormant flowerbed in front of her office. That spring, the campus received a new monarch waystation certified by...
by Julia Nall | Jul 29, 2019 | Biodiversity, Office for Sustainability, Pollinators
Life in the OFS Pollinator Habitat has blossomed since we last did a blog post about it! The warm weather and rain have brought purple and yellow flowers out to bloom, including Coreopsis lanceolata (Tickseed)… …and Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed...
by Julia Nall | May 20, 2019 | Biodiversity, Pollinators
Today is World Bee Day. WORLD Bee Day. That’s right – bees are so important to humanity that they have been given a day for the entire world to celebrate their existence. Most of us have probably heard “Bees are SO important” and even “Without bees, we...
by Julia Nall | May 8, 2019 | Biodiversity, Horticulture, Office for Sustainability, Pollinators
National Wildflower Week is May 4-10, 2019 Our native wildflowers are beautiful, attract a wide array of wildlife, are low maintenance once established, and keep themselves going without fertilizers or irrigation. You may...
by Julia Nall | May 7, 2019 | Biodiversity, Horticulture, Office for Sustainability
What is National Arbor Day? Arbor Day, from the Latin arbor meaning tree, is a national holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees on the last Friday of April. “Trees are simply amazing. They clean air and water, slow climate...
