Educational Spring Break for Horticulture Students

George Thomas, Horticulture Instructor, took interested students on a field trip to Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Here George arranged for the students to expand their horizons with reviews of hundreds of new plant species and varieties and discussions lead by internationally recognized experts such as Dr. Allan Armitage of the University of Georgia's Horticulture Department.
Students observed many dazzling displays of horticultural collections including orchids, azaleas, and other species too numerous to mention here.
Callaway Gardens, a stunning 13,000-acre garden, offers the perfect setting for horticulture students. Callaway Gardens' landscape explodes with beautiful displays of over 20,000 azaleas, plus mountain laurel, dogwoods, daffodils and daisies.
HCC student Adam Bigelow manages to make a new friend during a brief break in the garden tour.
One of the many stunning conservatories at Callaway Gardens.
Plants are used for a variety of design purpose at Callaway Gardens. When does a garden stop being a garden and become statuary?

These images were generously provided by HCC student Dawn Pomraning.

Interested in Horticulture at HCC? Send us an e-mail at mtignor@haywood.edu , gthomas@haywood.edu, or jsherman@haywood.edu Come Grow With Us!!! We are also now offering many of our courses On-Line.