Back in April when I was doing some "last minute shopping," checking out Colorado College one last time (which, incidentally, turned out not to be my final choice), I visited their garden, which is located in the college president's back yard. It was clearly dormant, looking frostbitten, damp and yellowing like every garden does at winter's last gasp, but it was beautifully sloping and sprawling, Pikes Peak peeking through the trees at the periphery.
It appeared to have had a pretty lively and creative last season; the bare frame of a hoop house stood at one end of the garden, things had been planted in old tires and a beautiful doorway was woven together with sticks and vines. I pictured myself walking down the street to the garden in the morning before class... and it's always sunny in Colorado. I wondered how big of a role it played in the school culture during the spring and fall and who kept it during the summer.
I liked the balance of form and function--it seemed like it would be a great place to spend time in addition to being a productive space. There was a compost pile and a hammock, trees and open space, each element positioned in the area so as not to interrupt the function of the other.
