Oh the beauty of what grows and blooms under glass in February.
The public is offered a treat for winter-weary senses - the opportunity to tour plant collections in a special presentation Sugar and Spice and Chocolate!, led by UConn Ecology & Evolutionary (EEB) greenhouse staff on Saturday, Feb. 14, 10 a.m. to noon.
The UConn EEB greenhouses hold one of the most diverse teaching plant collections in the United States, including many connected to the food and medical industries. Learn about plant sources of many spices, foods, and medicines. (A great family outing to see how vanilla or cloves or pineapples grow.)
Clinton Morse, EEB plant growth facilities manager, posts photographs of plants blooming as of Feb 11, 2009, available for viewing online. (According to the site, some 126 different blooms at present.)
“This series is an exciting opportunity to bring together many talented experts from the University of Connecticut and beyond,” says Jeremy Teitelbaum, new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
For more information or directions check the listings at this link, or call (860) 486-4460. The greenhouses are located at the main UConn Storrs campus.
Photography of visual beauty inside the greenhouses, courtesy of Clinton Morse, UConn EEB plant growth facilities manager.
