Kale

A hearty winter plant that seems to thrive in the cold, kale is a popularly known to be very healthy but not so tasty. Apparently, however, with increasing temperatures the plant leaves become sweeter, something that is always appealing to our taste-buds. It contains calcium, Vitamin C and K, lutein, and helps prevent vision loss with age.
Traveling to the outskirts of the campus was a delightful bike ride. Once at the Mondavi center, I easily found the gardens and was pleasantly surprised at the size of the garden in relation to the space it occupied between buildings. Why didn't all office buildings have gardens in their courtyards? It was just as beautiful as any other botanical garden I have seen, but it also looks great year round since planting can be seasonal. So even now in the winter, things are beginning to creep up out of the ground and provide food to the surrounding community.

I would highly suggest this Mondavi center garden as an example of combining beauty with function for other locations that have a similar layout or any open space, but also for others to visit it and enjoy what is there now and appreciate the progressiveness of our school.