Fanshawe's Foliage Is a Living Lab Did you know that Fanshawe's
London campus gardens are cared for by students? This year, over
70 Horticulture Technician students will plant and prune the
shrubs and flowers all around campus. And with more than 100,000
plants belonging to over 2,500 species, that's a big task!
Fanshawe's Horticulture students - like Melissa Sparling, at
right - create demonstration gardens, using the landscape of the
entire campus to learn about the needs of different plants, and
to show just what they're capable of. Some of the flora attracts
butterflies, while some smells like tangy spices. Some - like
the crocus that are just starting to show - flower in seasons
opposite to most of their relatives (autumn vs. spring). Behind
the M-H link, there are three Baldcypress trees native to
southern Florida swamps. Many of the plants belong to threatened
or endangered species. One tree - the Dawn Redwood, planted
behind Residence - was thought to be extinct because it was only
found in fossils un