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Tag: Botanical garden
Life finds a way
While campus lacks the lively hustle and bustle of students roaming, the Pierce College Botanical Garden remains abundant with life, including the animals that call
Going above and beyond the botany
Copy by Angelica Lopez and Photos by Christopher Torres, Katya Castillo, Alexis Canelo, and Chelsea Westman People pay tremendous amounts of money to find or
Spring into the Botanical Garden
During the past few years, the campus has undergone construction and upgrades to improve the look and feel of Pierce. In the center of the
Hunger on the hill
Students taking classes near the Food Court or the Brahma Cafe have time in between classes to grab a decent meal or a quick sandwich,
Broken irrigation valve floods Botanical Garden
A broken irrigation valve caused the pond located in the Botanical Gardens to overflow over the weekend, before the spring semester began, flooding
Botanical garden Phase II under way
The groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the S. Mark Taper Foundation Botanical Garden took place between the Mathematics and Life Science Buildings Friday. The garden is named after the S. Mark Taper Foundation, which is known throughout California for its donations and its work with various organizations, such as arts, domestic abuse and community development programs.