Build-a-Terrarium Event has Students (Almost) Skipping Class

INTRODUCTION:

Earth Day is more like Earth Week on the UWM campus, and one of the most popular events is Build Your Own Terrarium.” Maquel Lamb reports.

REPORTER PACKAGE:

Maquel Lamb (reporter): UWM’s Studio Arts & Craft Centre hosted its Build Your Own Terrarium event again this year in honor of Earth Day. This event is growing in popularity, no doubt. The event started at 11 and there was a line weaving through the union concourse well before then.

Charlie Turchan: We have 300 plants and we always run out way before the event actually finishes. We usually have to start turning people away after an hour and a half.

Lamb: That was Charlie Turchan. She’s works at the Studio Arts & Craft Centre as Operations Manager and is in charge of events like this one. With the event being so popular, it’s on a first come first serve basis.

Turchan: It’s kind of hit a point where it’s gets a little ridiculously popular. Students come and line up way before we start and skipping class to come; which we don’t recommend but people definitely do.

Lamb: With that, there were some students cutting it close and skipping. Molly Olson had class at 11 and was in the front of the line ready to make her terrarium.

Molly Olson: It’s at 11 o’clock, I’m not skipping yet. I just wanna build my terrarium and head out, maybe.

Lamb: Many of the participants had a love of plants to start. Many of them were adding to their existing plant collection or unfortunately starting over for some like Chole ____.

Chole _____: I left them all at my house for my mom to take care of and she kind of killed them all. So I’m looking to rebuild my little plant babies. So I’m really excited they keeping doing these events.

Lamb: There were tables set up with a bunch of different decorating supplies, Kori Hooyman took some time to think about it.

Kori Hooyman: I’m looking at these blue things and maybe put them in a pattern somehow, I’m not sure. I don’t wanna overwhelm my plant too much.

Lamb: The event, as predicted, ran out of supplies before the time was up and students were turned away. Hopefully it will be back again next year. For Media Milwaukee, I’m Maquel Lamb.