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Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Plant Science Center with Bill Brown, the Garden’s vice president of facilities and planning. The building was designed using materials and systems to earn a gold LEED rating for sustainable design from the U.S. Green Building Council. Bill will tell us what that means for the Garden and how he and his team made it happen. |
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I interviewed Emily Yates, seed bank coordinator, about the work she does to save native prairie seeds for the future. We took a tour of the lab and learned that the vital seed bank currently shares lab space with many other conservation projects. Then we saw the new seed bank lab still under construction in the Plant Science Center, which opens to the public on September 23, 2009. The seed bank is just one of eight labs in the Plant Science Center. We will see them all in this video blog series, as well as hear about the building’s sustainable features. Stay tuned. Plant Science Center Seed Bank Video |
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I interviewed Emily Shelton, who is the horticulturist for the Green Roof Garden, and asked her about the installation process. Crews are still preparing the planting beds, but will be planting next week! Emily showed us the different layers of materials they used to build the beds.
View video: Installation of Green Roof Garden atop the Plant Science Center |
We’ll post short videos to give you a sneak peak into the Plant Science Center, which opens to the public on September 23. The building was designed with many sustainable features that will help it earn a gold LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. We’re going to show you a different feature each time and talk with the scientists about the work they will be doing in the labs. Keep checking in with us to see how the building develops!
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