Merry Lea
January 19, 2023
Bringing together seeds and seed lovers
The Michiana Regional Seed Swap, a gathering of growers, gardeners and plant enthusiasts, will meet...
October 28, 2022
Learning comes to life at Merry Lea’s Enchanted Forest event
Goshen College’s environmental learning center, Merry Lea, hosted a community event titled...
February 17, 2022
Merry Lea summit to tackle climate burnout
Merry Lea’s annual sustainability summit will return this Saturday after a year off. In years...
February 11, 2022
Sweeping and sliding on Merry Lea ice
Students and faculty gathered on the ice of Kesling Wetland at Merry Lea on Sunday for the second...
September 3, 2020
Sustainability Leadership Semester’s plans for canoe trip stay afloat
The eight-day, seventy-mile canoe trip that extends from the headwaters of the Elkhart River near...
August 27, 2020
Sister sculptures link GC campus and Merry Lea
This past summer, Heather Gabel, a sustainable food systems and art double major, worked to bring...
September 21, 2019
Goat cheese-making: the Merry Lea whey
Goat enthusiasts and cheese-curious folks gathered for the first ever goat cheese-making class at...
November 28, 2018
Merry Lea event to turn trash into art
This Saturday, Dec. 1, Sustainability Leadership Semester (SLS) students Lydia Dyck and Rheannon...
September 26, 2018
Sustainability Leadership Semester provides students with a unique learning opportunity
The last time Skye McKinnell, a senior environmental science major, spent a fall semester on campus...
September 14, 2017
Sustainability Leadership Semester currently underway
Reena Ramos, Laura Hochstetler, José Chiquito and Seth Lapp, the four students who are...
March 16, 2017
The discipline of sustainable food
Growing up in south-central Indiana, Jon Zirkle didn’t have many ideas as to what he wanted to do...
February 23, 2017
Summit for justice meets at Merry Lea
This past weekend, while students gathered outside on the lawn to enjoy warm temperatures, a group...
September 24, 2015
Science students out in the field
This is the third year of operation for the Sustainability Leadership Semester at Merry Lea, where...
September 17, 2015
Eco-Evo goes to Merry Lea
Despite the heavy rain that washed over Goshen on Friday, ecology students from Goshen College still...
October 22, 2014
Merry Lea Presents Alternative Halloween
Merry Lea’s Enchanted Forest, a Halloween activity that’s more charming than scary and that...