the greenhouse effect

 

The yuccas shiver in the snow while the greenhouse plants bask in the warmth.

 

Texas Tech Horticulture Greenhouse and Gardens

Lubbock, Texas

inside the greenhouse

 

The Texas Tech Greenhouse was constructed in 1973 and the complex currently consists of eight glass and aluminum National Greenhouses, a steam drying facility and a plant laboratory with 7 growth chambers, and standard laboratory equipment. The greenhouse complex has 4 research houses with high intensity lighting and automated temperature control to support the estimated $3,000,000 of research conducted for federal, state and private grants each year.  In addition, the three teaching compartments house an interior foliage collection along with plant production facilities to support the laboratory experiences of students.  If you have not strolled through the Greenhouse gardens, it's worth a trip.  On a sad note, Linnaeus the Greenhouse Cat is missing.  He's been know to roam and has been picked up previously by campus police.  However, this absence has been long term.

 

Texas Tech Greenhouse

Lubbock, Texas

addition to Lubbock skyline

 

As you drive south on I-27, about the 19th Street overpass, look to the west to catch a glimpse of a new addition to Lubbock's skyline.  That's about the only way you'll view it without driving down an alley!   John Shurbet is building a greenhouse as part of his Broadway Studio. He has taken several old buildings on Broadway and given them new life.  The space around the railroad ROW and I-27 has practical use as part of his landscaping business.  John asked if I needed a greenhouse, but I'm afraid one like this would outshine the house!

 

Shurbet Landscaping

511 Broadway

Lubbock, Texas