🌟 Course Spotlight: SAFS 403 Green Thumb Workshop In this course, students develop a deep appreciation for garden plants and and explore the many aesthetic, therapeutic, and culinary roles they play in enriching our surroundings and lives. 🌱 Green Thumb Workshop emphasizes hands-on learning of key horticultural skills and techniques, such as: 🌱 Garden design 🌱 Propagation 🌱 Pruning 🌱 Plant breeding 🌱 Plant problem diagnosis These skills are complemented by activities designed to bring the beauty and utility of plants to life, including: 🌼 Flower arranging 🌼 Botanical drawing 🌼 Dyeing 🌼 Tastings In the accompanying photos, students are engaged in a floral design activity, applying key design principles they’ve learned—color, proportion, balance, space, and texture—to their floral arrangements. Simply put, this class offers enriching, hands-on learning experiences. Students even have the chance to gain insights from a seasoned bonsai expert this semester! Students share that they love hands-on learning. They tell us that once they learn about things in class, they then see the world differently – and notice more about the plant life around them. Thank you for letting us peek into your classroom 💐