Get Your Hands Dirty at the Spring Sustainability Mixer Today
The Maple Hill Community Garden, maintained by students.
The Office for Sustainability and Associated Student Government will be hosting the first-ever Spring Sustainability Mixer from 3-4 p.m., Wednesday, March 16, in the Maple Hill East Courtyard. Representatives from all major sustainability RSOs will be tabling to share how to get involved and what initiatives are lined up for the rest of the semester. This will be an incredible opportunity to connect with other sustainability-minded students!
The event will be followed by a workday in the Maple Hill Garden, also located in the Maple Hill East Courtyard. The Maple Hill Garden was rehabilitated by Sydney Golding as ASG director of sustainability in 2020. The garden was designed in partnership with Biodesic Strategies with a permaculture approach that focuses on developing ecologically harmonious, efficient and productive systems. Each plant, placement and management practice is systematically devised to create a sustainable, resilient food garden ecosystem. Biodesic Strategies has also partnered with the Office for Sustainability on other campus projects to install pollinator plots and convert the Oak Ridge Trail System into a forest garden enriched with native edibles and wildlife habitat. To learn more about what Biodesic is working on, check out their socials @Biodesic or visit biodesicstrategies.com!
Each MHG workday is a volunteer opportunity integrated with educational programming and hands-on experience within the garden space. See below for the list of scheduled programming topics, and be sure to sign up on our GivePulse!
- March 16: How to Start a Garden 101
- March 30: Seed Starting with the Horticulture Club
- April 13: Companion Planting and Biodiversity
- April 20: How to Plant and Layout
- April 27: Composting 101
About the Office for Sustainability: The mission of the University of Arkansas Office for Sustainability is to motivate, facilitate, and coordinate responsible practices through partnerships with students, faculty, and staff across all campus departments. The OFS uses the campus as a living laboratory by overseeing the implementation of the University of Arkansas environmental goals.
Topics
Contacts
Eric C. Boles, director
Office for Sustainability
479-575-2405,
eboles@uark.edu
Sydney Golding, communications intern
Office for Sustainability
479-575-2405,
segoldin@uark.edu
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