Rose Garden Renovations
In recent years, the Dean Bond Rose Garden has been hit hard by rose rosette disease. This is a disease believed to be caused by a virus that has been spreading through much of the wild rose population of the United States for years. It is of great concern to the nursery industry and to many home gardeners because it is known to be lethal to the wild multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) and it is potentially lethal to many ornamental rose species and cultivars. The disease is known to be spread only by a very small, wind-dispersed eriophyid mite, Phyllocoptes…
Last summer the lawn area of Cosby Courtyard underwent a transformation. This area had become a major thoroughfare for pedestrian traffic as it provided a direct path from the northern academic and parking areas of campus to Parrish Hall where Admissions, the Post Office, student residential rooms, and other offices are located. Since it had become a losing battle to try to maintain turf in this area, and we did not want to add another impervious surface to the campus, we opted for using a product called “Stabilized Grey Mountain Gravel” from GreenPro Materials in Bound Brook, New York. It…
