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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: […]

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Plant a Row for the Hungry garden beds

My leadership project this summer has been working with Plant a Row for the Hungry. I’ve gotten to spend a couple of Saturday mornings helping collect produce from the Ames Mainstreet Farmer’s Market to be donated to local Story County food pantries. It’s been really great seeing how generous produce […]

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close up of a Buck rose in piinks

My name is Chase Krug, and I am the Plant Collections & Records intern for summer 2020! I am from Marion, Iowa, and currently a junior at Iowa State University majoring in Agronomy. My duties as the Plant Collections & Records intern include collecting phenology data, updating plant records, updating […]

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outdoors in summer with the grasses blowing in the wind and a campanile behind

Hello again! This week for my blog post, I thought I would share with you what a typical day in the life of an outdoor landscape and garden maintenance looks like. A lot of my tasks involve preparing the Gardens to look neat and pretty when our guests arrive. This […]

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outdoors in summer in the Prairie Vista Garden with rabbit sculptures, pairie plants, and trees

For my blog post this week, I’m going to go discuss what I have learned from my leadership project. As I had stated in my previous post, I am proposing for a restoration of the Prairie Vista Garden and am writing up an improved maintenance plan. The original plant list […]

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indoors in a rental space setup for a wedding with plants, candleabras, chamaign glasse

At Reiman Gardens each intern is assigned the task of completing a leadership project for their specific area. For my leadership project I was given the unique opportunity of planning a wedding from start to finish. Often at Reiman Gardens couples book their wedding over a year in advance and […]

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outdoors in summer in the trial garden with veggies growing up a trellis

Hello again! For this blog post, I’d like to talk about my leadership project. This summer, I have been working on creating trellising systems for tomatoes, watermelons/pumpkins, and kale/mums. The overall goals for these trellises is to make harvesting easier on both us and the plants, require less human labor […]

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indoors in the Gift Shop with different merchandise

Hello! My name is Jesse Howard, and I am the Retail Management Intern here at Reiman Gardens. I am going into my junior year at Iowa State as an Apparel Merchandising major. Throughout the summer, I have come out with my own personal project that focused on buying. My supervisor […]

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close i[ pf a pink flower with a red stem

Hello, Annika Koppes again! This summer has definitely been like no other! I wanted to take a moment to talk about the amazing opportunity I have had. Even though many of our programs have been cancelled in-person because of COVID-19, this has given us a chance to explore digital engagement. […]

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newly planted trees and shrubs in Sycamore Falls

Hi everyone! I’m Lori Croghan, one of the Landscape and Garden Maintenance interns at Reiman Gardens this summer. I’m entering my senior year as a horticulture and biology major at Iowa State. This summer I’ve been busy working in Sycamore Falls, the new area of Reiman Gardens that’s set to […]

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