Reiman Gardens Research Paper

The Reiman Gardens is full of opportunity to learn about and appreciate nature. It has grown to seventeen acres in the past eighteen years, according to the Reiman Gardens strategic plan (Mission &Amp; Strategic Plan). There are many different exhibits to explore within the gardens that are both educational and scenic. For example, there is an exhibit called “Boom in Bloom” which is open from April to May that displays “thousands of colorful tulips” (Exhibits). One of the purposes of these exhibits is to give educational opportunities to students studying horticulture at Iowa State. These opportunities are made available to students because Iowa State made research opportunities and outside resources a big focus when creating the university (Strategic).
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The mission in the strategic plan of Reiman Gardens is “to educate, enchant, and inspire an appreciation of plants, butterflies and the beauty of the natural world” (Mission &Amp; Strategic Plan). They want to be a premier university botanical garden that would provide phenomenal horticulture and entomology displays along with wanting to be an educational resource and a major cultural resource in Iowa (Mission &Amp; Strategic Plan). They want to play a leading role in the fields of science technology, engineering, arts and math by providing opportunities to a diverse audience (Mission &Amp; Strategic Plan). For the university, they want to collaborate with many different departments of Iowa State University through research, internships and employment opportunities within the state of Iowa (Mission &Amp; Strategic Plan). Making these opportunities available to students does not only benefit the university, it also benefits Reiman Gardens with the different approaches to solving problems that these people come up