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Haworth greenhouses thrive with growth
PHOTO BY THAD ALLENDE
Indoor gardens are valuable tools for education, research and campus beautification
Larissa Ross, Independence, Mo., senior, waters schefflera plants at a greenhouse in Haworth Hall. Haworth Hall's four third-floor greenhouses cover 3,000 square feet and are open 365 days a year.
By Mark Hansen
Kansan staff writer
It's easy being green when you're a plant in the University of Kansas greenhouses. Haworth Hall's four third-floor greenhouses that cover 3,000 square feet are open 365 days a year. The plants are perishable, but the daily care lets them flourish.
Craig Martin, professor of biology, said the greenhouses were used for teaching and research, including some plants for permanent collections and some grown for class demonstrations. Both faculty and student researchers can use them. During the academic year, the greenhouse contains about 1,000 plants.
The Haworth greenhouses have airconditioning and a drip evaporation system.
The greenhouses were built the same time as Haworth. Before Haworth was built, researchers used one greenhouse on West Campus. Facilities Operations now uses that greenhouse to grow plants for campus.
Martin said the University's greenhouses were small compared to those at
Kansas State, which is the flagship agriculture school in the state.
Katie Nus, greenhouse manager, said the greenhouse was not only a good environment for the plants, but for people, too.
"Its really one of the better jobs on campus," she said. "It isn't like work."
Nus, who has worked in the greenhouse for nine years and has a horticulture
She gives tours of the greenhouses to students ranging from preschool to highschool age. She also plants the flowers outside Haworth.
The greenhouses grow plants for plant therapists to use working with autistic children in the Dole Center and to plant
outside Anschutz Library.
"They've got some green thumbs there," Nus said.
The greenhouses have a diverse collection, including a cotton plant that Nus said was a good conversation piece and a ginger root plant, which she said "looks a little ratty, but it sure smells nice."
The greenhouse buys seeds, and many professors bring seeds back from research trips.
"Our plants turn into monsters here." Nus said, "They grow robust and stout."
The greenhouse composts the plants to help save landfill space.
In addition, there are special growth areas in Haworth where researchers do more precise experimentation. Nus compared them to walk-in refrigerators. A Bioshop on the third floor of Haworth makes equipment, including a gas exchange chamber to test acid rain.
Mike Dinkel, Hays senior, had a biology class in the greenhouse.
"It's very cool," he said. "Not even many bioleo students know about it."
"You go in there, and there's rows of plants, and each of them is a professor's own idea," he said. "You see some with growth that's obviously stunted or elongated."
Bailey Hall may gain national historical status
By Julie Carter
Kansan staff writer
Bailey Hall may soon share national historical status with four other campus buildings.
Bailey, built in 1900 as the chemistry building, may be placed on the National Register of Historic Places along with Dyche Hall, Lippincott Hall, Spooner Hall and Strong Hall. Strong was named to the register in 1998, and
the others were named in 1973.
Making Bailey a national historical site will not alter the building, said Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor. It will simply add Bailey Hall to the register.
Nominating a building for national historical recognition involves hours of research on the structure. The historical and architectural significance must be documented, said Dick Pankratz, director of the cultural resources division
at the State Historical Society.
A building may be chosen for architectural,associational or archeological significance.
"Bailey was chosen for its associational value with the chemistry department that used to be located in the building," Pankratz said.
Helium was discovered in the building's basement in 1905.
Bailey Hall was named for chemistry professor, E. H. S. Bailey, who taught at the University
of Kansas from 1883 to 1933. It was named to the Register of Historic Kansas Places in 1995.
The School of Education moved into Bailey in 1954 and was located there until last year when the Department of Communication Studies took over.
Carolyn Berneking, Bailey's granddaughter, applied for Bailey to be recognized nationally, said Dennis Enslinger, Lawrence's historic resources administrator
"The city has endorsed the nomination of Bailey Hall as well other buildings on campus, such as Strong Hall."Enslinger said.
Carter can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
The National Parks Service makes the final decision on what sites will be included on the register.
Because the building is on campus, the city does not have jurisdiction.
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