Gallery: Students tending UGArden

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From left, senior horticulture major Sam Shafritz of Sandy Springs, junior environmental economics and management major Quinn Webb of Dawsonville, and senior anthropology major Morgan Watson of Atlanta harvest red clover flower tops at the medicinal herb garden at the UGArden. The students are taking a full summer-long horticulture class/internship working at the UGArden.

Quinn Webb pulls weeds in the medicinal herb garden at the UGArden. He is part of a horticulture class/internship working at the garden.

Senior psychology and sociology major Ellie Thomas of Decatur, left, and senior anthropology major Morgan Watson of Atlanta plant stinging nettle herb plants in the medicinal herb garden at the UGArden. The herb is harvested and used in hot teas that the UGArden is producing. Both students are interning at the garden this summer for an internship.

Students taking a summer horticulture class/internship at UGArden pull weeds in the medicinal herb garden.

Students Sam Shafritz, Quinn Webb and Morgan Watson walk from the barn toward the medicinal herb garden at the UGArden.

Senior anthropology major Morgan Watson harvests roses in the medicinal herb garden at the UGArden.

Details of red clover flower tops harvested at the medicinal herb garden at the UGArden by UGA students working as interns.

Students in a UGA horticulture class are working as interns this summer at UGArden on South Milledge Avenue. The garden’s mission is to build a community of students centered on a sustainable food system. (Photos by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)