HDS gives thanks for its harvest
Rain may be good for the garden, but last Friday it forced Harvard Divinity School (HDS) to take its Harvest Celebration inside Radcliffe Hall. The annual fete gathered together students at HDS to feast on seasonal bounty harvested from its own garden. Although it was the sixth such garden party, it was the first time it was held indoors, according to Leslie MacPherson Artinian, the garden project’s staff liaison. The Harvest Celebration is usually a work party at which guests pull potatoes and plant bulbs like garlic, but the early rain — and the threat of more to come — limited the event to just a party. It included a blessing, an “altar table” overflowing with fresh produce, and music played by third-year HDS student Zach Kerzee and staff member Ralph DeFlorio. “I think it’s a nice end of the semester,” said Aisha Ansano, a first-year Divinity School student who helps out with...