Dig up some dirt with WSU Horticulture Club
The WSU
Horticulture Club is not just for green thumbs and cactus enthusiasts; it
welcomes students from all backgrounds.
“Our main focus is to teach students
more of a business setting for greenhouses.” 2016-2017 club president Aaron
Appleby said. “We learn from the beginning planting seed to ordering cuttings
to making the baskets.”
“The WSU Horticulture Club teaches
you what people are buying and what times of year you plant things if you want
to sell them at a specific time.” Appleby discussed about the business aspects
of the club.
How did Appleby discover the “Between
Two Ferns” of student-run clubs at Washington State University?
“I was taking Jamie Holden’s Horticulture 357 Greenhouse Management and
really liked the class” said Appleby. “After class Holden (club advisor)
mentioned he had a Horticulture Club and they plant flowers and use the
greenhouse across the street from Ferdinand’s.”
“Horticulture Club is a
non-discriminatory club so you don’t have to be a Horticulture major to join,
hang out and work with us” said Appleby, who is an Organic Air Culture major.
Organic Air Culture either sounds like a major at Washington State that offers
promising scientific career opportunities or the worst Indie Garage band ever.
“Our club gives the opportunity for
anybody to come learn about plants and about the business side of plants.” Appleby
said about the WSU Horticulture Club whose greenhouse doors are always open to
Pullman residents except for the Palouse’s scourge of vermin.
“We also have to combat pests in the
greenhouse so that gives you some opportunity to scout if you are interested.”
Appleby said.
As for how the club earns money to
keep afloat in this dreaded economy, they mainly rely on proceeds raised from
plant sales.
“The Hort. Club has the Mom’s
Weekend sale, the graduation sale and two sales right after that.” Appleby said.
So
what are the most popular selling floras on the organization’s menu?
“Our hanging baskets and deck
planters bloom all summer long all across Washington. They are so popular
people will often make a trip across the state or from many parts of Idaho just
to purchase them.” Appleby wrote in an email after the interview, emphasizing the
significance of the point.
But what herb sounds the most like it came
from a table write of The Game of Thrones?
“We have a flower that not a lot of
the industry sells; the ‘Salpiglossis sinuata’ or ‘The Painted Tongue’ which is
a vibrant focal point in our baskets.” Appleby revealed. I heard rumor that Jon
Snow was supposed to be eaten by a “Salpiglossis sinuate” in season three but
it was written out of the script.
Horticulture Club at WSU offers a
bevy of plant activities as well as free pizza on the regular; if you are not
drawn in by this offer than you do not understand the power of free pizza.
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