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Gates of Heaven

Local blacksmith Durand Van Doren spent six months crafting an intricate iron gate for Minns Garden, located along Tower Road on the Ag Quad. Local blacksmith Durand Van Doren spent six months crafting an intricate iron gate for Minns Garden, located along Tower Road on the Ag Quad. Designed by Hannah Carlson, a master’s candidate […]

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Local blacksmith Durand Van Doren spent six months crafting an intricate iron gate for Minns Garden, located along Tower Road on the Ag Quad.

Local blacksmith Durand Van Doren spent six months crafting an intricate iron gate for Minns Garden, located along Tower Road on the Ag Quad. Designed by Hannah Carlson, a master’s candidate in landscape architecture, the gate features flowers such as tulips, daisies, and daffodils—down to scientifically accurate depictions of their root systems. The twentyfour- foot-wide gate was installed in May with the aim of keeping deer out of the historic garden; Van Doren also made two smaller gates, whose posts resemble the trunks of apple trees. “It’s been a lot of fun,” he says, “and also my hardest work yet.”

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