ONLINE: Behind the Scenes at UW Leopold Greenhouse
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Tuesday, May 26 at Noon: Behind the Scenes: Tour and Seed Starting at UW's Leopold Greenhouse!
A UW-Madison residence hall with a rooftop greenhouse, Leopold Hall is a one-of-a-kind facility that offers unique experiences to residents of the GreenHouse Learning Community. Explore how the greenhouse operates, what residents use the greenhouse for, and how to effectively and efficiently start vegetable seeds at home.
This talk will take place here on the UW Connects Facebook page.
Tom Bryan has worked with the GreenHouse Learning Community since 2011 and is currently the program coordinator and greenhouse manager there. He also works at the Allen Centennial Garden as an academic catalyst. He graduated from the Nelson Institute’s Environment and Resources Ph.D. program in 2019 where he assessed the environmental impacts of meals and diets. His primary role on campus is to serve students who are interested in sustainability and food systems.
Welcome and introductions by Haley Sisel, a fourth year Biology student in the UW-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences who is from Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Haley is also a former House Fellow with the Greenhouse Learning Community.
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