Groundskeepers were busy planting the four featured flowerbeds encircling the Bowl - this year with Horticulture student Rachelle Poirier's kite-and-tail design, in golden marigolds surrounded by blue ageratum. Hard at work are, from left, assistant greenhouse supervisor Peter Penner, grounds supervisor Dale Hills, and summer helpers Todd Knihnitski and Raegan Bergstrom. Hills says more than 22,000 flowers are planted each summer on campus - and after the first frost, usually in mid-September, all the plants will be cleared out of the beds.

Bio/historical note: Appeared in 3 Sept. 1999 issue of OCN.