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EarthFest 2013 welcomes more than 7,000

Earthfest 2013Bright spring sunshine helped welcome more than 7,000 visitors for a day of celebrating the Earth at Temple University Ambler’s EarthFest 2013 on April 26. EarthFest is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year at Temple University Ambler. Thousands of students from all over the region come together and spend time learning about the world in which we live and the interconnected systems on which the lives of people and animals depend. With huge crowds eager to interact with 90 exhibits for 2013, EarthFest takes a veritable army of volunteers to be successful each year. Read more.


Temple University Ambler students, staff dive into Aquaponics
Aquaponics

Temple University Ambler has a history of farming dating back to the 1800s and likely even longer. The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women—the forerunner to Temple Ambler—was a working farm. It wasn’t out of the ordinary to see students waking before the morning sunrise to milk the prize cows and tend to the other animals and fields. In 2013, farming has returned to Ambler in an all together different form. Students and staff have created a fully developed aquaponics garden, which has taken root in the basement of West Hall. Read more.


Horticulture student Brandon Huber wins 125 ribbons at Philadelphia Flower ShowBrandon Huber

Brandon Huber is no stranger to success at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show. In the eight years that he has been showing off the best of his ever-growing—and admittedly weird—menagerie of plants at the Flower Show’s “Horticourt,” he has amassed more ribbons than he has wall space, surpassing 275 ribbons after continued good fortune at the 2013 show. This year, he collected two Gesneriad Society Rosettes, an astounding 18 first place blue ribbons and more than 125 ribbons total—a personal best by a wide margin. You won’t find any orchids or typical blooming buds among his entries. Huber, 23, is always looking for the “showstopper”—that plant that will really give visitors cause to pause. Read more.


Please join us for the SED June Homecoming.

Sunday, June 2
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Light lunch
12:00-1:45 PM: Meeting and program

Bright Hall Lounge

Guest Speakers: Jack Blandy, Michelle Connors and Monica Moran Brandies

Following that, join us for our annual Plant Auction Fundraiser.

2:00 PM

Greenhouse

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