Shalucha, Barbara, 1915-1992

Barbara Shalucha co-founded the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center in Bloomington, Ind. in 1948 and served as its director until 1986.

Shalucha first came to Indiana University as an instructor in the Botany Department. She was hired for her special perspective on applied botany which incorporated youth involvement. Not long after her arrival in Bloomington, Shalucha co-founded the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center, where her work earned her presidential citations from the Garden Club of Indiana, the National Council of State Garden Clubs, and an appointment to the advisory board for the Young Garden Council in Washington, D.C. Shalucha died in 1992.

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