GCSU student renovates Lockerly Arboretum’s Woods Museum

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  • Lockerly Arboretum Executive Director Jennifer Pollard (center, green shirt) and Ellen Patton (center, white dress) cut the ribbon to the renovated Woods Museum with Lockerly Arboretum staff and board members and the Chamber of Commerce. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    Lockerly Arboretum Executive Director Jennifer Pollard (center, green shirt) and Ellen Patton (center, white dress) cut the ribbon to the renovated Woods Museum with Lockerly Arboretum staff and board members and the Chamber of Commerce. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

    Lockerly Arboretum reopened the renovated Woods Museum Sept. 5, highlighting the work of former Lockerly Arboretum educator Ellen Patton, who completed the changes as her Georgia College Capstone.

    Patton, an art major with a concentration in museum studies, worked at the arboretum for about two years and, over the last year, worked on educational displays and graphics to offer more visuals and educ…