On Saturday, Nov. 11, I had the joy of getting to see the Pettifoggers play at Free Cycles. My friend Mallory first made me aware of them when their new
Students experience learning by living at UM FLAT
By: Geneva Zoltek
and last updated 2021-04-12 10:43:20-04
MISSOULA â On a sunny Friday morning in the Montana springtime, University of Montana students are busy with farm work.
âToday we re doing lettuce and herbs and flowers, and we re also going to transplant our tomatoes, explained Maggie Gammons, while supervising her peers plant seeds.
Gammons is an undergraduate student taking part in a special school program called the UM FLAT.
The FLAT is a living and learning residency program at UM that revolves around the application of everyday sustainability.
One of the main components of the program is growing food to eat.
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University Center Gardens manager Kelly Chadwick after watering plants in the UC Commons in February 2019. Eli Imadali / Montana Kaimin
Kelly Chadwick, the University Center Gardensâ long beloved âplant lady,â retired in December after overseeing the UCâs familiar greenery for over 37 years.
Chadwickâs retirement leaves her former student employees to care for the plants, which have become a staple of the UC, until a new manager is hired.Â
âItâs a good feeling knowing that weâre working hard to take care of something people appreciate,â Jacob Tutty, a UC Gardens employee for the past year and a half, said.Â