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Plants are used in science experiments at the University of Minnesota. We rescued plants discarded by scientists after their experiments have completed — including industrial hemp, tobacco, alfalfa (Medicago sativa), mugwort (Artemisia), pigweed (Amaranthus), and ragweed (Ambrosia) — and created a garden in Katherine E. Nash Gallery. LED grow lights were added. Students loved the garden and came to sit with the plants and to draw them. The garden also provided a platform for community members, like Cante Suta-Francis Bettelyoun, Coordinator of the Native American Medicine Gardens, and Reb L Limerick, a young performance artist working on ecosexuality, to create further discussions and artworks.
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