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Terry Hawkridge

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Root Glen

Root Glen Committee: 2008

 
Kris Bellona P'03
Steve Bellona, Assoc. VP For Facilities and Planning P'03
Renae Bowman
Terry Hawkridge, Assistant Direct of Grounds, Horticulture, &         Arboretum P'01
Anne Kinnel
Lee Kreinheder
Karen Leach, VP Administration & Finance
David Moore, Professor of Biology
Mary Lou Owens
Bill Pfitsch, Assoc. Professor of Biology
John B. Root '44
Dan Rouillier, Horticultural Foreperson
John Suplee '69
John von Bergen '63
Ernest Williams, Professor of Biology
Sharon Williams, Director of Writing Center, Lecturer in English


Abschasica Primrose

The story of Abschasica Primrose and the Root Garden goes back to when four seed were given to the garden from a visitor who when to Russia. Of these 4 seed, one germinated and was planted in the garden. It thrived and often bloomed through the spring snows.

The Abschasica Primrose was accidentally removed by aggressive weeding from a student crew but a local gardener, who had cuttings from the original plant, donated plants back to the garden.
 
Garden Photos
Alpine Beds in May 2007
There are many different Alpine plants in bloom in May and early June. The Phlox subulata make a great display but these are but a few.
A.P.Saunders hybridized over a 100 varieties of Herbaceous Peonies.  Here are but two on display currently in the Main Garden of the Hemlock Enclosure.
Candelabra Primrose in the Primrose Basin.
Saunder's Tree Peonies now in Bloom.
"Black Panther" 1948