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| Mrs. Seibert, Megan, and myself in the conservatory. |
Many people know that I pride myself in being a lifelong learner. Others also know that I enjoy gardening throughout the spring and the summer. Although I consider myself well versed in the area of animal science, I find that I love plant science as well and want to know more about it.
I was lucky enough to have a student who received a scholarship to attend this symposium at Longwood Gardens which meant that I got to go! It was a lovely day filled with plants and flowers and insects. We heard from international gardeners, collegiate professors, and graduates of the Longwood Professional Gardener Program. I must say that I learned many things about finding insects in your garden and around you and I also also learned that wild flowers have a seed bank to make sure that they do not go extinct. I was also amazed to find that vanilla beans come from the vanilla orchid!
As I follow the path along my TeachAg journey, I plan to continue with my professional development. I fully believe that never passing up the opportunity to learn will allow me to better myself and therefore better the classes that I teach my students.
Never stop growing!
We had fun finding plants with fun textures.
