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Posted  April 28, 2022 Thank you to all of our photo submissions AND for those of you who voted. The votes are in, and are winners are… Best Photo of Reiman Gardens: Linda Wendt Best Garden Photo from Your Backyard: Anne Kretsinger-Harries Best Nature Photo from Your Neighborhood or Community: […]

The 2021 Volunteer Impact Report is now available!  View the report here:  https://issuu.com/reimangardensvolunteers/docs/2021_volunteer_impact_report_final 2021 proved to be another year filled with unique challenges and creative opportunities. We were fortunate to welcome back more volunteers to the Gardens and were able to engage them with thoughtful and impactful activities that supported our community. […]

When I arrived in August, I knew nothing about volunteers/volunteering. It felt kind of crazy, helping lead volunteer programs and events when I had never even volunteered for anything. Since then, I learned a lot. My main goals for the internship were to learn how recruitment, planning, and training work […]

Wow. So many pumpkins. October is a crazy month at Reiman Gardens. Helping to run a pumpkin carving event was interesting, given that I had never carved a pumpkin before. I learned that there is more to it than just taking a knife to the pumpkin, especially at such a […]

I’ve been working at Reiman Gardens for three weeks now. I had no idea getting volunteers was so complicated. I assumed you would just put up a flyer, and then people would help you when you want, but it takes way more than that.   I’ve been working on some of the plans […]

This was my first job ever. Before this it was a mixture of volunteering at school and the community and assisting my dad with small tasks at his company. I came to Reiman Gardens to get some fresh air after almost two years of staying indoors and learning more about […]

As an intern we get to pick a summer long project to work on. For my project, I chose Plant-A-Row (PAR). PAR is an organization that takes fresh produce to local food pantries. As a Global Resource System student we focus a lot on food distribution and issues like food […]

Hello, Makenna again! A typical day as an Outdoor Landscape and Horticulture Intern starts off bright and early at 6:30 a.m. As rough as that may sound, waking up that early is very practical, especially to get stuff done in the mornings before it gets too hot. Our main duties […]

It’s Emmalynn again, and today I wanted to talk about my daily work and get into the nitty-gritty of what my job is actually like. I mentioned in an earlier post that while my job is to take care of the Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing, most of my time is […]

My leadership project this year is to plan a carnivorous plants display for the Conservatory. I was inspired to do this by a child who was visiting the Conservatory with his family. He came in, and loudly proclaimed he wanted to see the “chompers.” This made me smile, and I […]