Dawn Alleman

Dawn Alleman

Tribe Gardener, Grounds & Gardens, Facilities Management
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About Dawn Alleman

Dawn Alleman grew up in Pennsylvania and took after her grandfather, poking around in the dirt and on his farm. She has a degree in Biology from UNC-Wilmington and a Masters in Floriculture & Ornamental Horticulture from Cornell University.

Teaching others to garden & love the outdoors has always been a part of her career, although her jobs have varied: garden center manager, extension agent, greenhouse grower, gardener, lecturer & garden writer, conference planner, etc.

Dawn lives in Williamsburg and worked at William & Mary in the Facilities Management Grounds & Gardens department.

Posts by Dawn Alleman

My Favorite Campus Corner: The Adam’s Garden

By Dawn Alleman On March 17, 2020

In Campus Life, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Williamsburg

Closeup of purple tree peonies in bloom

Joy My favorite place on campus, is also a place that I get paid to work in, it’s the Adam’s Garden. It’s a triangular garden,

While You Were Sleeping

By Dawn Alleman On February 25, 2020

In Campus Life, Faculty & Staff Blogs

Several employees at night, lit by street lamps, walking down a brick pathway in the Wren Courtyard with arms outstretched

What a beautiful campus to wake up to this past Friday, it looked lovely! Facilities Management strives to make it safe for everyone

Confused? Mother Nature gave College Corner an upgrade!

By Dawn Alleman On February 14, 2020

In Campus Life, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Williamsburg

Brick and mortar William & Mary sign surrounded by mulched beds of junipers, crepe myrtles, liriope and violas

Winter Weather? Let’s hope the groundhog is right & that spring is just around the corner. Why? Because our favorite corner, College Corner, was

“Haul out the ….

By Dawn Alleman On December 11, 2019

In Campus Life, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Traditions & Events

back of a Facilities Management pickup with woven baskets of trimmed holly leaves and berries

… Holly!” Because it’s Yule Log celebration on campus! This Saturday, 14 December, will see the Wren Courtyard jammed to capacity with happy hearts,