University Greenhouse

Truman State University

Welcome to the Greenhouse

The Truman State University greenhouse is a 3,000 square foot facility on the South side of Magruder Hall. In addition to being the main repository for the University’s plant collections, it also provides a place for students from across campus to come together. Most of the daily plant care operations are performed by a large staff of student workers from many of Truman’s academic departments. The greenhouse also hosts a biannual plant sale on Reading Day of the spring and fall semesters.

We house a diverse spectrum in plant life.

The specimen collections boast a diverse array of plant species ranging from aquatic, tropical, desert, carnivorous, and exotic. Almost all the major plant phyla from moss to angiosperms are represented by live specimens.

See Our Collection

Inside the Greenhouse

The greenhouse is subdivided into three different climate-controlled rooms which enable us to sustain plant life that require different temperatures and amounts of light.

The Main Room

Indoor Garden + Koi Pond

The largest room in the greenhouse taking up two thirds of the entire building. The room houses most of the university’s plant collection. In addition to its benches, the east 700 square foot area is an in-ground soil plot that currently functions as an indoor garden with a koi pond.

The Tropical Room

Epiphytes

This room houses the fern, bromeliad, and orchid collections.

The Experimental Room

Research Facility

Provides bench spaces that can be reserved for faculty/student research projects and classroom experiments. It is also used to dry seeds from the Gaber Solar Garden.

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For more information

Contact

Biology Lab Technician

Albert Meyers

ameyers@truman.edu
660-785-4607

Agricultural and Biological Sciences Chair

Dr. Drew Sieg

rsieg@truman.edu

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