It will include cutting-edge irrigation systems, intense climate and humidity control, and other technology standards in the horticulture industry.
The new learning center will replace and improve functions of OSU's existing teaching greenhouses, creating a dynamic learning laboratory that supports modern pedagogy and industry best practices.
The Greenhouse Learning Center will primarily serve horticulture and landscape architecture students, however, those in agricultural education, communications and leadership; plant and soil sciences; natural resources ecology and management; and entomology and plant pathology also will benefit from using the greenhouses.
The new facility will create opportunities for more robust Extension programs and better support existing curriculum. That includes the annual student-run plant sale, which give students hands-on experience at every stage of the business cycle for plant propagation, management, and retail.