University of Delaware Office of Public Relations The Messenger Vol. 5, No. 4/1996 New garden entrance honors retired professor An inviting brick terrace, laid in a herringbone-weave design, has been placed at the entrance garden of the University's Botanic Gardens (UDBG) on the south end of Townsend Hall. A dedication ceremony is planned for the fall and, by next spring, the College of Agricultural Sciences expects the terrace to be blooming with plants and flowers. Blueprints for the entrance garden, formerly an under- utilized and overlooked area of the Botanic Gardens, were unveiled last spring. Gary Smith, UD associate professor of plant and soil sciences, designed the new garden, that honors Charles Dunham, professor emeritus, who developed the University gardens that would later become the Botanic Gardens. The large, brick terrace was the first priority in the design plans, notes James Swasey, coordinator of the Longwood Graduate Program. "The terrace will be used as an outdoor classroom on beautiful sunny days, and it will serve as a perfect area for receptions and other social events," Swasey says. Friends of the UDBG, an organization of volunteers who help promote and maintain the gardens, donated the proceeds of their annual plant sale to the brick terrace project. In addition, Paul Foreman of Interlock Paving Co. in Baltimore contributed labor, and Chris Ross of Oldcastle Architectural Products Group of Balcon in Crofton, Md., donated materials. Friends and former students of Dunham also helped with a fund drive in early 1995. Work on the entrance garden continues with the development of a plant list, says Swasey. The garden will feature a mix of woody and herbaceous plants-both native and exotic species. Plantings will take place soon. Donations for the garden project are still being accepted. For more information, call Swasey at (302) 831-2517. -Margo McDonough