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Horticulture needs a face lift

New building planned

Sean Dullaghan / Roundup

The horticulture program is scattered throughout the campus and has no classrooms designed education.

Originally the project was supposed to start construction in the spring but the contractor who won the bidding was having conflicts carrying through the designs under budget according to Carol Kozeracki, the Dean of Research, Planning,and Enrolment Management.

The project was then halted due to the budget issues and now there are 3 options for the horticulture department if they have the funding to go ahead.

Nature strikes back: An inside photograph of the unused horticulture building as of spring 2011.
File photo by Crystal Endless

The current bidder can bring in the current designs under budget or one of the other original bidders can bring in the current design under budget or back to square one with a new design according to Kozeracki.

“As of right now you have a broken down greenhouse and 2 of 3 building you simply can’t use,” says Kozeracki.

The current design for the Horticulture department includes one existing building, two new classroom buildings with lecture space and computer and design lab, 2 greenhouses, a nursery area, student planting gardens and an outdoor lecture area.

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