email : Webview : Greetings From The Longwood Graduate Program Andrea Brennan.htm[10/24/2014 1:52:13 PM] If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. Share this: Longwood Graduate Fellows, Wyck Staff and Volunteers after a Professional Outreach Project planting day. As our gardens fall int o a seasonal slumber, the Longwood Graduate Program continues to unfurl. I t’s been a busy few months under the leadership of Brian Trader, Interim Director and Marnie Conley, Co-Leader. With matriculation of a new class of five Fellows, facilitation of the Professional Outreach Project, formalization of a new mentorship program, and recruitment of incoming Fellows for next year, the Longwood Graduate Program is anything but dormant. We thought you’d want to hear directly from the c urrent Fellows on what’s happening with the Program: The Professional Outreach Project By Gary Shanks, Se cond Yea r, South Afr ica The Professional Outreach Project for 2014took place at Wyck Historic House, Garden, and Farmin Philadelphia, where all 11 of us, First and Second Year Fellows, redesigned the perimeter beds of the historic rose garden. It started with an RFP process in May and a project kick off with Wyck by July. Our work included complete installation of new plants, as well as interpretation, labeling and accessioning of the Historic Rose Collection to enhance the visitorexperience at Wyck. The opportunity of seeing this project through, from conception to completion, and with the partnership of Wyck and public garden collaborators, was a definitive highlight f or the Fellows. The Fellows learned the value of team work and communication and were impressed with what they achieved in a relatively short amount of
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