A garden volunteer’s silhouette is visible between two trees in the Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum, part of the MSU Horticultural Gardens. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Guest carillonist Jeremy Chesman performs in Beaumont Tower during a summer concert as part of the 29th Annual Muelder Summer Carillon Concert Series. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

W.K. Kellogg Manor House at Kellogg Biological Station looks like a storybook cottage when dappled by summer sunshine. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Rebecca Nelson, MSU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, investigates how pollinators like leatherwing beetles respond to prairie restoration at Kellogg Biological Station. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Researchers study winter wheat before harvesting at Kellogg Biological Station. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A member of the Conner lab at Kellogg Biological Station examines a sample while studying flower trait loss evolution in the model plant Arabidopsis. Led by principal investigator Jeff Conner, the lab seeks to understand how natural selection on weeds and native plants produces adaptation to a variable environment. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A member of the Conner lab at Kellogg Biological Station records findings while studying flower trait loss evolution. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A water tower emblazoned with the iconic “block S” peeks out above Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners in southwest Michigan. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A garden volunteer’s silhouette is visible between two trees in the Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum, part of the MSU Horticultural Gardens. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.