Panhellenic Association holds annual plant sale

By Dave Stephens
Assistant Campus Editor

At half a cup a year, a coffee plant probably won't provide for most college students' caffeine needs, but at least it could make their rooms look nice.

Coffee plants, along with ferns, roses and herbs, are just some of the plants available at this year's Panhellenic Association's Plant Sale.

"We have plants for every room, for every space, for every kind of person," said Gretel Kukpka, who works for Bennett's Greenhouse in Lafayette and as an adviser at the plant sale.

Kukpka said many students are purchasing sensitive plants, which have leaves that fold up when they are touched, cactuses and Beta Bowls, which are flower pot kits that will also hold a Beta fighting fish.

The plant sale, which runs 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday in the North Ballroom in the Union, is a popular attraction for students.

"I'm looking for plants for my dorm room so it'll be cuter," said Jennifer Walding, a sophomore in the Schools of Engineering. "I think plants make a room more homey."

Walding said she was buying a purple velvet plant because she likes the color and was buying a friendship plant for her roommate.

Paul Dodds and Geroge Clegg, both sophomores in the School of Liberal Arts, said they were looking for plants to liven up their residence hall room.

"I'm looking for a certain type of fern or maybe a spider plant," said Clegg.

Dodds, who admitted to not having a very green thumb, said he hopes he has better luck taking care of his new plants this year than he did last year.

"My girlfriend bought me a cactus last year," said Dodds. "But I killed it. I think I watered it too much."

Ellen McQueen, a senior in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences and the vice president of operations for the Panhellenic Association, said the plant sale is the association's major moneymaker for the year.

"The money goes towards events and programming and helps pay for things that our dues don't cover," said McQueen. "We were pretty successful last year, and we are trying to raise more this year."

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