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Photos: Peninsular ARS hosts tour for Chancellor Mnookin

On Saturday, Aug. 20, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin toured Peninsular Agricultural Research Station’s fruit trials and horticulture garden. Her tour guides for the visit included Rebecca Weipz, superintendent of the research station; Amaya Atucha, associate professor of horticulture and extension fruit crop specialist; local Master Gardeners and fruit growers from the region who work with the station. The event was part of a series of stops Chancellor Mnookin is making across the state during her initial weeks on the job as the new Chancellor of UW–Madison. The below photographs were taken by University Communications photographer Bryce Richter.

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin looks at a blooming hydrangea as she tours the Garden Door public gardens at the UW Peninsular Agricultural Research Station just north of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., on Aug. 20, 2022.
During a tour of the UW Peninsular Agricultural Research Station, Superintendent Rebecca Wiepz discusses the station’s research with Chancellor Mnookin.
Local Master Gardeners maintain the Garden Door public gardens at the station, which includes edible flowers.
Chancellor Mnookin listens to local apple farmers discuss how they partner with the station on research relevant to their local growing conditions as she tours the UW Peninsular Agricultural Research Station.
Door County Master Gardener Sue Kunz explains the plantings maintained by her fellow volunteers during Chancellor Mnookin’s tour of the Garden Door public gardens.