Readings
Hort 231 - Assignment 7 (100 points)
DUE: Thursday, December 3, 2009
80 points possible for written report
20 points possible for the oral report

LATE WORK NOTE:  Your score will be reduced by 50 points if you are not on time and actively participating in the oral report on the due date OR if your written assignment is late!
Thoroughly read the article assigned to you (see table below).

Consider the following questions.  Turn in typed responses to all questions.  Use complete sentences, proper grammar, and correct spelling.  Be prepared to discuss this article in class. 

  1. List the title AND the author of the article you read.
  2. Why does (do) the gardener(s) in the article work with plants and/or gardens?
  3. What are the gardener's (gardeners') attitudes towards plants and/or gardens?
  4. What are your attitudes towards plants and/or gardens?
  5. Compare the gardener's (gardeners') attitudes towards plants and/or gardens to yours.  How are they the same?  How are they different?
  6. Why do you think these similarities and/or differences exist?
  7. Do you think your attitude towards gardens will change as you grow older? Explain your answer.


First letter of your last name:
 Read the article next to the first letter of your last name
B-E
 Monty Don - Why I Garden Organically by Emma Love.
F-L
 Why I Garden?  by Pamela Page
A, M-S
 Growing Beans, Corn, Squash by Bob Ewing
T-Y
 Long-Stemmed Neuroses: Why I Garden Indoors by Deborah Needleman

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