Reiman Gardens intern with youth education crafts

If you join us for any of our children’s programs, you will find that we are always crafting something new! Whether it be folding origami butterflies with summer camp, or tissue paper flowers for story time, or even creating our own coloring books at Discovery Stations, in all of our […]

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close up of a large blue green succulent with spiky leaves

There are more than 200 hybrids of the agave plant, but the Blue Glow in particular can be found here in Reiman Gardens. Blue Glow is a smaller agave species since it only grows up to 2 feet tall and no more than 3 feet wide. This herbaceous perennial plant […]

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an intern who is planting plants in the Edible Garden

Every day in education brings something new! We might give youth tours inside or lead an adult tour outside. We have a few programs that we are in charge of every week such as Plant Pals, Kid’s Story Time, and the Summer Enrichment Program at the Middle School. One of […]

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Reiman Gardens intern standing in front of the pinned butterfly specimins

My name is Joi, and I am one of the education interns this summer. I will be junior this fall at Iowa State double majoring in Global Resource Systems and Spanish with a minor in Nutritional Science. Globe is a fairly new major on campus, and only one other university […]

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