We'd Like to Introduce… Botanic Garden Committee

Committee members Charles Paxton, Landscape Services' assistant superintendent, and Karen Pacheco, on the Powell Gardens board of directors, attend the first Botanic Garden Advisory Committee meeting.

nce MU Chancellor Richard Wallace last August established the University of Missouri Botanic Garden, the next step was forming a committee to guide the Botanic Garden to its potential. Landscape Services Superintendent Tom Flood and CF Director of Facilities Management Larry Edwards, under the auspices of Administrative Services Vice Chancellor Kee Groshong, created the 13-member Botanic Garden Advisory Committee.

The committee plans to meet each month to advise Landscape Services on issues pertaining to the mission of the MU Botanic Garden. The committee members are:

• Larry Edwards, director of Facilities Management
• Tom Flood, superintendent of Landscape Services
• Lori Franz, associate provost
• Terri Gray, director of Corporate Development
• Robin Kennedy, curator - Herbarium, lecturer - botany
• Chris Koukola, assistant to the Chancellor
• Karen Pacheco, board of directors, Powell Gardens
• Steve Pallardy, professor - forestry
• Charles Paxton, Landscape Services assistant superintendent
• Cathy Scroggs, director of Student Life
• Bea Smith, dean of Human Environmental Sciences
• Joan Smith, Landscape Services designer
• Leon Snyder, Jr., associate professor - horticulture