ISU Sesqucentennial Service Project,
Delaware County Extension, Summer 2007

To commemorate Iowa State University's 150th Anniversary, the Delaware County Extension Council donated trees and shrubs for Manchester's Memory Walk. The Memory Walk is a segment of a new bikeway/walkway dedicated to memorials and recognition of important events. Members of Iowa State University Extension's Master Gardener organization selected and planted special varieties that symbolized Iowa State University, including:

• 3 Red Prince Weigela shrubs, a variety introduced by ISU that features rich red flowers;
• 3 Sunrise Forsythia shrubs, also introduced by ISU, which features yellow foliage;
• 2 Malus Centurion trees, a variety of flowering crabapple with red blossoms in the summer and leaves turning to yellow in the fall;
• 3 Corkscrew Willow trees, with branches that grow in swirls to represent the ISU Cyclones.

Shown planting one of the trees commemorating ISU's 150th anniversary are Master Gardeners Mary Ann Poynor and Ed Poynor. Ed Poynor is also a member of the Delaware County Extension Council.