The Biology Department greenhouses serve the faculty and students at the Boston Harbor campus by providing the ideal environment to learn about plants. Numerous collections of plants native to tropical, desert, and temperate climates are present for research and for demonstration of the diversity of the plant kingdom.
The greenhouses are located on the fourth floor of the Science Building at the University of Massachusetts Boston harbor campus.
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 4:00the greenhouses are closed Saturdays, Sundays and all holidays.
call (617) 287 - 6580 for special arrangements or tours.
Worried About Drought?
You should be. A new United Nations report notes that more than 2.7 billion people will suffer severe water shortages by 2025 if the world continues to use water at the current rate. Droughts will come and go, but one thing has become desperately clear - we must change the way we view and use water, in times of abundance and in times of shortage.
visit: http://www.umassdroughtinfo.org/ to learn more about drought information and find links related to: agriculture, the environment, K - 12 Education, and Home and Garden.
Musa 'Dwarf Cavendish'
Photo: Valentin Barca
Taken: February 29,2000
Bumble Bee Hawkmoths
Student Artwork: Artwork from Art 281 drawing class
Ponderosa Lemon by Alex DeMambro
"A_Greenhouse_Blooming with Activity" by Annette Fernie
University of Massachusetts Boston, Alumni Magazine, Volume 1 number 3 , Summer 1997
Welcome Umass Tour
Panoramic views of the greenhouses and the
virtual campus tour.U. Mass / Boston Department of Biology home page