Waterwise Gardens at USU

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Living Circle

This native plant garden was designed by Megan Dunford, Brenda Lowry, Dale Roberts, Kristofer Sagers, Hongyan Sun, Colter Valcarce and John Walker, students in the Low Water Landscaping class, Fall 2007. Final design edits were completed by Sean Hunt. Instructors, Bill Varga & Dr. Larry Rupp; teaching assistant, Graham Hunter; Department of Plants, Soils and Climate; College of Agriculture. The Interpretive panel
concept design was created by Anna Wilson, undergraduate student in the Natural Resources Interpretation class, Fall 2007. Instructor, Barbara Middleton, Department of Environment and Society, College of Natural Resources. Thanks to contributing CWEL faculty and sta in the Department of Plants, Soils and Climate who conduct research related to water-ecient landscaping and assisted with background information and images. Special thanks to Lino Footracer, student, for providing detailed information on American Indian traditional plant uses; Dr. Heidi Kratsch, USU Extension, for background research,
selected images and text editing.All line illustrations drawn by Zachery Zdinak except globemallow, apache plume, needle-and-thread grass and garden map created by Barbara Middleton. Panel funding provided by USU ADVANCE Seed Grant Program and the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station.

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This garden is located east of the Merrill-Cazier Library