Floral Open House at BYU-Idaho

Designed by Group: Day 2, Jayci Anderson, Janae Squires, Hannah Elison, Angela Young, Chandra Bengtson, Meaghan Brown, and Sarah Fillmore.

Designed by Group: Day 2 team also

Designed by group: Day 1, Allyson Hatch, Nicole Panacek, Kayla Thomas, Danielle Driggs, Laura Rose Phelps, Samantha George, Mary Ann Stanger, and Kambrie Elison.

(More pictures to follow. Note: None of these are my work, they were all done by students in the APS department of BYU-Idaho University. They are here for inspiration and admiration, please credit the designs to them.)

As a whole
I loved attending this event! They did a marvelous job of creating different environments when the guests visited each room. Each had it's own sense of style and surprises. You can see the passion each student did. They had pieces of work made/designed by students from the Home and Family Department, Culinary department, and horticulture.

Welcome!

Crocuses in Hyde Park London, England

Dandelions scatter the backyard as a little girl gathers them for a bouquet. She runs from patch to patch of yellow, giggling as the sun shines her blonde curls.

I was just like this little girl, often playing in the backyard of my parent's house. I was surrounded by vegetation of all sorts: apple trees, vegetable garden, raspberry bushes, grapevines, Forsythia bushes, Tulips, Daffodils (also known as Jonquils) and Blue Spruces.

This was my colorful childhood; which led me to being an environmental guru.

I went on to take a class in Environmental Science during high school and participating in "Rake up Boise" (an event my local town runs where schools, churches, and local residents rake up the leaves for elderly or families in their neighborhoods) and other service projects where we would clean up our neighborhoods or plant gardens for families in my church. When I could be outside in the dirt or admiring flowers or climbing trees I would be there.

Eventually this love of horticulture got me involved with my undergraduate learning. I joined the Horticulture program at Brigham Young University-Idaho (now known as Applied Plant Sciences) to increase my education and learn more about these amazing creations we were given.

I hope to always have plants around me and a garden where ever I live if means allow it. I want to incorporate my love of writing, horticulture and dance in my life--bringing it to my family, friends and future work.

I hope you will enjoy my posts and join me in online conversations. Enjoy the plants around you!