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Lewis Center Landscaping Takes Shape
Photographs and text by Linda Grashoff
An amberwing dragonfly trolls
the pond. Note the amber-colored image the insect casts as it flies over
the water. At least three kinds of dragonflies and as many kinds of damselflies
have visited the environmental-studies pond since its creation.
JULY 13, 2000--Mark Frey and Lindsey Elms, two new biology-major graduates, are helping landscape the Lewis Center for Environmental Studies this summer. For the past few weeks they have been wading in nearby wetlands--including those around Kendal at Oberlin--to collect plants for the pond area. To create a fern shade garden, they've also been hauling sandstone from the Cleveland Quarry and elsewhere to place on the side of the hill on which the orchard is planted. A special feature of the hillside will be inclusion of carved sandstone recycled from the old conservatory building. The pond area is the subject of "The Big Picture" in the current issue of Around Tappan Square.
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| Mark Frey and Lindsey Elms inspect some of their handiwork. The algae on the pond surface is typical of new ponds. As the pond matures, the algae will appear less often and last a shorter amount of time. |
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| Frey climbs around the future fern garden. Many more rocks are to come. |
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