On September 4, 2007, students in Marcia Eames-Sheavly's Art of Horticulture course -- with the help of 'Turf Guy' Frank Rossi and his crew -- constructed a sod sculpture at the Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Center adjacent to the Robert Trent Jones golf course off Warren Rd., east of campus.

Photos by Chad Miller, teaching assistant.

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'Before shot' of the pile:



Harvesting sod:



Hauling sod:



'Turf Guy' Frank Rossi waters the pile while students start walking the spiral into the sculpture:



The spiral starts taking shape:



Applying the sod:



The artists and their finished sculpture:

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The Art of Horticulture Marcia Eames-Sheavly Horticulture Section me14@cornell.edu 15B Plant Science Building Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853