{"id":16,"date":"2014-07-22T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2015-09-04T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T19:26:21","slug":"the-front-yard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/the-front-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Front Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The Front Yard: The area fronting Circuit Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.46-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Front Entrance\" width=\"578\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.46-PM.png 670w, https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.46-PM-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Environment Hall houses the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke. GROW&#8217;s gardening areas surround and include areas on this building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.30-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.30-PM.png\" alt=\"Sit a Spell\" width=\"576\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.30-PM.png 669w, https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-8.46.30-PM-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Right outside Environment Hall, you will immediately find benches that beckon passerby&#8217;s to sit a spell and to appreciate the environment around them. While relaxing, you will notice native grasses planted to stabilize the soil and slopes around the building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.54.32-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.54.32-PM.png\" alt=\"American Chestnut\" width=\"438\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.54.32-PM.png 438w, https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.54.32-PM-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An extremely special aspect of the front yard is the presence of this young American Chestnut. To read more about the American Chestnut, visit the tab entitled &#8220;Our Natural Heritage Collection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.56.24-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.56.24-PM.png\" alt=\"Arch in Summer\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.56.24-PM.png 995w, https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-03-at-9.56.24-PM-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/image1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/horde-iculturists\/files\/2014\/07\/image1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Arch in Winter\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/image1-3.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/image1-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/grow\/files\/2014\/07\/image1-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A winter snowstorm in February of 2014 dusts the front yard with snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Front Yard: The area fronting Circuit Drive Environment Hall houses the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke. GROW&#8217;s gardening areas surround and include areas on this building. Right outside Environment Hall, you will immediately find benches that beckon passerby&#8217;s to sit a spell and to appreciate the environment around them. While relaxing, you will notice native grasses planted to stabilize the soil and slopes around the building. 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