About Us

The UCSC Greenhouses is the core support facility for plants used in the instructional and research programs for the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB), and Environmental Studies (ENVS). The UCSC Greenhouses is comprised of three facilities occupying the rooftops of science buildings in the center of the UCSC campus. Two facilities primarily support research; the third and largest is used for instruction.

The Jean H Langenheim Greenhouses is an instructional facility, located on the roof of Thimann Labs. It houses a botanical collection of over 700 species of plants with emphasis on ethno botany, systematic botany, evolution and ecology. Discussion and lab classes meet there to get hands on learning in these areas and many more. Five greenhouses, outdoor areas and a lab classroom are available to the campus community. As the facility is funded by the two largest divisions on campus, the greenhouses hosts many students in various fields outside of the plant sciences. We are open throughout the year, weekdays from 9:00am to 3:00pm, for students, faculty and staff to enjoy and learn.

The research facilities are located on the roofs of Sinsheimer Labs and the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. They are only open to the faculty, students and staff that run experiments at these locations. 

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