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Roberts beats out the competition PHOTO VIA WVU ROADS AND GROUNDS
Named national chief of the year.
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Crepe Myrtles inhabit the landscaping on the Evansdale campus.
Spring finally in bloom at WVU Roads and Grounds planted flowers all over campus to bring a smile to students’ faces BY JORDYN JOHNSON CULTURE EDITOR
If you haven’t noticed, WVU Roads and Grounds services planted beautiful spring flowers all over campus. Roads and Grounds services deal with snow plowing in the winter, setting up events, cleaning up litter and more. “Our goal is to make the campus a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment for all students, staff and visitors,” said Ed Mason, Assistant Director of Roads and Grounds at WVU. “Our highly visible annual flower program receives much positive feedback and is one service which allows us to showcase our skills.” Tulips, crocuses and daffodils typically kick off the spring flower season here in West Virginia. Roads and grounds services plants the bulbs for the tulips in the
“We hope they make your day a bit brighter.”
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- Ed Mason, Assistant Director of Roads and Grounds at WVU fall so they will bloom in the spring. “They are not reliably hardy from year to year, so we treat them as annuals,” Mason said. “Prior to spring commencement, we remove the tulips and install summer annual flowers throughout campus.” Roads and Grounds services works with the WVU Evansdale Greenhouse as well as WVU students. Roads and Grounds orders the flowers each fall and are planted and cared for by graduate horticulture students. Dr. Sven Verlinden and Silas Childs, Greenhouse Director, works with students to help grow the flowers.
“This collaboration makes our flower displays truly West Virginia University grown and nurtured,” Mason said. “We can obtain flowers at reasonable pricing that are gown in the Greenhouse specifically to suit our WV climate and installation timing needs. We highly appreciate this unique effort.” During the fall semester, mums are planted in August so they will be in peak season when students return to campus. Mums are great flowers to keep on WVU grounds because they are colorful and easy to care for. Sometimes Roads and Grounds services will plant kale, flowering cabbage and pansies along with
The president makes a statement on the 50th anniversary of the death of the civil rights leader.
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Tulips bloom on campus after being planted in the fall. the mums to compliment them, and there is a chance they will bloom again in the spring. Even during the holiday season in the winter, Roads and Grounds decorates campus with evergreen garland, wreaths and other holiday arrangements accented with red, blue or gold bows. “We try to vary our flower designs from year to year and
use our blue and gold color themes if at all possible,” Mason said. “Much effort goes into planting, fertilizing, watering and maintaining our campus displays, and we take great pride in the positive comments and recognition we receive.” “We hope they make your day a bit brighter,” Mason said.
West Virginia begins spring soccer schedule The 2018 roster will continue the spring season on April 13 against Pitt.
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