The Gardens @ DITA Community Transformation

• Students from the Detroit Institute of Technology

• Teachers Chad Segrist Mircea Gui

In collaboration with Lisa Appel, Cranbrook Science Institute

Benefits of an Outdoor Space

Enhanced academic performance Healthy lifestyles Environmental stewardship Community and social development Sense of place Sense of pride!

Seed PropagationBefore

Clean-up

Propagation

THE JUMPING OFF POINT

Lisa Appel from the CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE exchanges thoughts with DIT students about seed propagation!

Native seeds selected for propagation

Ironweed (Vermonia Missurica)

Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)

Native seeds selected for propagation

Black chokeberry (Aronia Melanocarpa)

Grey Dogwood (Cornus Foemina)

Success!.............Or notLight MoistureTemperature Oxygen

Germination rate is the % that sprout to seeds propagated. Example: 1 out of 75 =

1.33% Rates affected by….

Seed viability. Temperature. Moisture. Type of plant. Quality of seed.

Condition for germination

Three weeks with unexpected results

No germination occurred in three weeks

We decided to propagate Zinnia.

Lisa provided the seeds and a Cody

Green Comet began propagating.

Three Weeks into the alternate seed propagation

Tho weeks

Silphium Iron weed

SUCCESS!

The Gardens @ DITpresents the

Spring Thing

PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSEcoworksDOEEDNRGreening of Detroit Life RemodeledICCARSSquare OneDIAABB

USFSMTUTATA TechnologiesFord MotorMaterialiseMEZSEMISESDDPS

A special thanks to…………………

Lisa AppelSteve LaubachClaire Shaller

and everyone associated with Earth Partnership!

QUESTIONS?