BIOLOGY 102 is an introductory course about plants and how they are used by people. Each week there are two one-hour lectures, one afternoon two-hour lab and one-hour discussion. The lab and discussion are held at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Lecture topics include: • what are plants; • how plants function; • how they live in nature; • using this knowledge to landscape your house, and to care for plants in your house or garden; • plants and food; • plants and medicine; • plants and materials; • plants and environment. Buses take students to the Botanical Gardens for lab and back to main campus afterwards (about 20 minutes each way). In the lab, each student has his/her own garden space in a greenhouse to grow plants that can be taken home during the term. Lab activities include: • looking at plants; • planting seeds; • growing plants; • rooting cuttings; • making medicinal salve; • testing soil; • preserving garden produce; • making plant dyes; • grafting plants; • transplanting; and • making bulbs to flower.