I was given the chance to explore the Botanical Gardens here at Cornell with my fellow Rose Scholars, and what can I say. It was an amazing experience that I will definitely do with my family when they come here.

The tour guide was a very friendly former professor here who I would love to tour again with when I do so with my family. It’s nice to see the passion that Peter had when talking about plants and their history on campus and arrival to campus. I do agree with his idea that Uris Hall is a pretty wacky looking building.

My favorite experience was finding out that they had edible plants. For some reason to me, it feels weird to just pluck a leave from a plant and just eat it straight up. I don’t take a cabbage off the plant and eat it right then and there. I strongly recommend eating some of the plants there to just get that offsetting thought in your head.

I don’t recommend eating the garlic chives though, they taste like garlic and affect your breath like garlic (unsurprisingly!)