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A.C. Moore Garden gets a facelift By Larry Wood; Photos by Michael Brown Workers dredged the pond in the A.C. Moore Garden June 27 as part of
a bicentennial project to
Before the rededication takes place, other improvements are planned, said Kirstin Dow, an assistant professor in the geography department, who is helping with the revitalization. Alumni, led by Carolina Alumni Association
The pond is more than a home for fish, frogs, and tadpoles. The biology
department uses it for sampling methods, Dow said.
Other improvements include repairs to the stairway leading to Patterson, an irrigation system, and enhanced lighting. University alumni took the first steps to renovate the garden in March, clearing limbs, leaves, and debris on National Service Day. USC purchased the property in 1937 to be used as an arboretum and dedicated
the garden to Andrew Charles Moore in 1941.
Moore, born in 1866, was the first honor graduate of South Carolina College in 1887. In 1905, he became the first chair of the newly created Department of Biology, establishing the herbarium that also bears his name. He served twice as interim president of the University from 1908 to 1909 and from 1913 to 1914. He died on campus in 1928. For more information about the garden, go to
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A rededication
for the garden is planned tentatively for Nov.27. The garden, shaded by
eastern cottonwoods, oaks, and Southern magnolias, slopes from the south
side of Patterson residence hall to Blossom Street at the corner of Pickens
Street in downtown Columbia. The greenspace occupies about one quarter
of a city block.
The spring-fed
pond will be refilled and restocked with bream, crappie, largemouth bass,
and catfish. Before the pond was dredged, workers used nets to remove most
of the fish.
