July has begun, and it is sad to think that my time as an education intern here is half over. This summer I have had so many opportunities to grow and expand my knowledge of plants and butterflies, as well as gain experience working with children and speaking to large […]
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Being the event management intern isn’t just about showing up on event day, there is a lot of office work that goes on leading up to events. My day to day work consists of sending out a lot of emails. Working in events requires spending a large amount of time […]
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Reiman Gardens’ theme this year: color, is expressed in several different ways in different parts of the Gardens. If color makes you think of rainbows, take a walk through the Children’s Garden to find buckets of color spilling out into the flower beds. The bucket spills are planted with primary […]
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Reiman Gardens was founded at its current site in 1993. Before then the site had been a prime parking site for football games, and before that the site had hosted an agricultural facility. At this time the main road to Iowa State University from the south was Beach Avenue, before […]
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The theme this year at Reiman Gardens is color, and there is no better plant to highlight this theme than the Croton. The Croton is genus of tropical perennials that are known for their beautiful foliage. Another common name for the Croton is Rushfoil, and there are as many as […]
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Lambs ear (Stachys byzantine) is native to Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. It was used in the civil war days as bandages. It’s extremely soft outer coating and astringent properties make it the perfect bandage that helps slow bleeding. It was also found to be used in the medieval times for […]
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