{"id":61008,"date":"2013-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uris-new-pharmacy-courtyard-medicinal-garden-meld-nature-art-to-create-stunning-public-space\/"},"modified":"2013-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"uris-new-pharmacy-courtyard-medicinal-garden-meld-nature-art-to-create-stunning-public-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/uris-new-pharmacy-courtyard-medicinal-garden-meld-nature-art-to-create-stunning-public-space\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s new pharmacy courtyard, medicinal garden meld nature, art to create stunning public space"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tOpening, rededication April 26 at 10:30, keynote lecture at noon<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 18, 2013 \u2013 The new College of Pharmacy Courtyard and Heber Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden, a fixture for more than 50 years at the 溏心vlog免费B站, will be opened and rededicated Friday, April 26 outside the new pharmacy building.<\/p>\n


\n A stunning example of public space that draws on nature, science and art, the site is a central piece of the health and life sciences facilities in the north district of the Kingston Campus. The University will join its partner, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts at 10:30 a.m. to open the courtyard and garden, which is named after the College of Pharmacy\u2019s founding dean. The ceremony will be held at the site, which is located to the south side of the college and between Woodward and Tyler halls.<\/p>\n


\nAs part of the day\u2019s events, Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of the American Botanical Council, will offer the keynote address at noon in the College\u2019s Ernest Mario Auditorium, 7 Greenhouse Road. The lecture is free and open to the public. The nonprofit council provides education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine.<\/p>\n


\nThe garden, which was located outside the college\u2019s former home, Fogarty Hall, for most of its life, was virtually hidden from the larger community and was primarily a resource for pharmacy students and faculty, as well as other researchers interested in the healing power of plants and natural products that come from them.

\n\tNow, with 200 medicinal plants, 500 ornamental plants, 9 birch trees, sodded areas, walkways, benches shaped in the form of birch leaves and a translucent sculptural frieze featuring panels that depict plant life in laboratory slides, the courtyard and garden are places for research and respite from the demands of 21st century life.<\/p>\n


\n\tHalf of the 20,000 square-foot site is a courtyard and half is set aside for the medicinal garden. Stone and concrete walkways allow access to the adjoining spaces.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe courtyard and medicinal garden are 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s response to the state\u2019s requirement that each building funded by taxpayers have an element of art as part of the project. The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts funded the courtyard portion of the project. Volunteers from the Friends of the Heber Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden did much of the planting, under the direction of Peter Morgan, senior gardener for the College of Pharmacy. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe Youngken medicinal garden is an important part of our rich tradition in pharmacognosy (the study of pharmaceuticals from plants), and honors Dean Youngken as a pioneer of the discipline,\u201d said E. Paul Larrat, interim dean of the College of Pharmacy. \u201cBut now with the wonderful support from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, the courtyard and garden are a combined resource for the entire University and beyond. It is more accessible, more functional and so more much a part of the interdisciplinary approach to learning here at 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tElizabeth Keithline, director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Percent For Art Program, said \u201cIt is always an honor to work with artists of this caliber and with our partners at the 溏心vlog免费B站. We are so pleased to see this important project come to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tShe described the project as one that \u201cprogresses rhythmically from more spacious and textural plantings at the south end to a secluded sanctuary of birch trees, seating and steps at the north. Gently arcing through the entirety, visually carrying the viewer and visitor from one end to the other, is a translucent sculptural frieze of overlapping panels emerging from and then suspended above a sitting wall. The large contemporary panels, the color of the sea and reminiscent of laboratory slides, create a quiet and vital energy that informs the Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tNavindra Seeram, assistant professor of pharmacy and head of the Bioactive Botanical Research Laboratory at 溏心vlog免费B站, oversees the garden.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis garden takes the University and the College back to their roots as leaders in medicinal plant research around the world,\u201d said Seeram, who is renowned internationally for his discoveries related to blueberries, pomegranates and pure maple syrup. \u201cThe rededication of this garden emphasizes the importance of plant-based remedies over the centuries and their important role in contemporary medicine. We are delighted that even the casual visitor will now be able to learn about medicinal plants and the work we do at 溏心vlog免费B站 to make society healthier.\u201d<\/p>\n

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