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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