Fall 2018 coming to and end
Welcome to the end of the semester Boilermakers!
Wow, how can that be? How are we nearing the end of the semester already? For me, it has been a busy semester! I’m defiantly looking forward to Thanksgiving Break!
This semester has been my first semester serving as the Purdue Horticulture Society President. It has been a fun and exciting journey. The Hort. Club has been busy painting pots, making caramel apples, carving pumpkins, and learning about Rubia Flower Market. We also went on our annual fall trip. This year’s fall trip was to Cincinnati, Ohio. We visited Spring Grove Arboretum, The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and Jungle Jim’s International grocery store. Over all it was a neat trip! At the zoo we got to take a tour with the head horticulturist of the zoo. He filled us in with all the thought and details it takes to make the zoo gardens and habitats look the way they do. Jungle Jim’s grocery store was a fascinating stop. If you can imagine a grocery store large enough it needs a folding map, that’s what this place was. At this store you can find food goods and produce from all around the world. To finish up the trip, we ate at Montgomery Inn for dinner. The club is trying something new to display at Spring Fest. It involves a bunch of succulents, stay tuned to learn more! Next up on the schedule for the Hort. Club is learning about maple syrup on Wednesday, November 28th. If you would like to join, please feel free to contact me.
Last weekend was a busy one for me and my family. It was moving weekend! This past summer we had been working on remolding our farm house and we added an addition as well. We repainted every room in the house but one of them! My favorite part of the addition is that we added on a nice big, open porch to the front of our house. It was fun to see the house that I grew up in get this much of an update!
As we head in to this holiday season, I wish for safe travels home for everyone, as well as a relaxing, enjoyable break. Good luck on finals!
Boiler Up!
Ashley Thurman
athurma@purdue.edu