Penn College crew beautifies downtown garden plot

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

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From left are students Luke C. Miller, of Wexford; Mickey D. Malec, of Roaring Brook Township; Jake A. Seasock, of Lancaster; and Lila A. McKeon, of Montoursville; city employee Jennifer J. Dudek, a 2008 alumna of Penn College's forest technology major; and Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture.

Several members of the Horticulture Club worked with their faculty adviser and a streets and parks employee from the city's Department of Public Works (a Penn College graduate) to refresh a rain garden along Pine Street in downtown Williamsport.

"I was approached by Bernie Katz, owner of Le Chocolat, a business just a few doors away from the rain garden if we would be interested in giving the area a refresh because it had become overgrown and it was full of weeds," said Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture. "We weeded, trimmed, planted several perennials and mulched the area."