" First we're going to be looking at a state of the art technology circa 1955. Green house and our host is Don Burton let's get started. Hello done Bob voice nice to coming here -- about seventy degrees and -- about zero out there that's right. Well this is spectacular space and as I was saying this is -- technology from the fifties. When it that the what does that really mean. Well it means single. Pane glass -- blasts and unfortunately that means we lose a lot of these pop up how to be heated we have steam heat that comes from universities the plant -- the now this shape of this particular part of the glass house is very reminiscent of Victorian. Very much so what's known as the -- house the height gives us the opportunity to grow things like the banana plants here yes aren't they beautiful. You know I grew up in south Florida and remember chopping these down with a machete this. What she wants bunch of bananas off the plant you drop it down that's right that's what we call banana plants reveled banana trees -- is a teaching facility or mrs. teaching collection that we're in here. And what does that really mean. Well it means what that classes studying a particular group of plants. We can show them examples. Back economic sorts of things -- economically important plants. You know what's really marvelous -- the loch ness of the collar in the shapes of all these leaves over it. What's this is this a -- this is a papaya and you can see there's one that's beginning to write them up oh yeah. In the top -- way up there. And then there are other specimens that you throwing a lot better and I what are some of these. Well we have the belief big in the background the umbrella grouse or papyrus and some people pollutant and I see that you've got it at seventy degrees relative that is an Irish how many square feet under glass. We have about eight or 9000 square feet in our teaching collection. A desert -- pretty good night how many of these plants will respond to cooler temperatures and shorter days by flowering. That's the point is yes a year. Talk about points these are very menacing plant what are they these are various species of adoptees adoptive. And they would grow in -- that's. That's what about this is this cactus and that's a very young version of a giant saguaro cactus that's the woman many people will associate with cowboy movies shortly. Take candy things. And this is one of the biggest. Flowers if it is a flower. That's a flowering stalk. Off another species of a godly and this one is less dangerous than the others now the technology very evident here all rustic I think. The main question I have is why they heating elements why are they up ten feet off the ground -- it editions of the opera elements down below the benches below the glass there's another set of and the -- and you just need that much to write and without venting it in -- we have the -- maps are on -- side here all right and I understand there's. A brand new green house that's just been built here yes. On the other side of campus at the hilltop. Garden nature center -- the joint venture between the university and the community hand dug map will be pleased to show you that operation -- what is it about the green houses that make them state of the art 1990 right."

" This boxes laptop computer. Just a computer this laptop computer can actually control four seasons of the year one season at a time we can control ventilation. Temperature and even how much sunlight is an agreement in the humidity you know the other project today a closer look at our. Well I don't think ever seen an empty greenhouse well while we're still in the -- out. We got to get everything ready that's what plants on her also. We're not going to have a lot of specimens like a greenhouse -- down there are going to be seedlings because this is more an educational -- it's a teaching facility. How do you keep this -- this with a hot. Forced hot water that comes through these pipes below help seedlings here as well as the pipes that are long on the walls here to keep the -- up above and the trays -- these other pipes that you yeah actually roll so that he can be completely accessible to children and adults and individuals wheelchair. That's wonderful. All right and then what are these pipes here for this is -- system. And this is also what right on the computers systems so that each season. It'll change the amount of water comes in depending on temperature depending on how -- skating event of the way got it mounted diesel angle irons stainless steel cable. How do you ventilate the greenhouse well again we have ventilation systems like right here that are attached right to the computers. And what would touch a button. Or in the software of the mentally should open or closed depending on how hot it is marvelous now the structure itself because it is that it -- It's a kick that we designed this export and it's from a program up and Canada they came down and put it together. It's basically galvanized steel with galvanized force --"

" Yeah we're looking -- we're looking at these structural rods and up top tubular steel. I imagined. That brings the the cost down -- aluminum could be a lot more money right we have to watch for and just being university sure and what about shading the sun out of network again that Cheney is part of the computer software that again if it's in the summer you're gonna close -- when you're gonna bring them -- so we can get that's sunlight through those white. Block panels are solar reflective yet yeah now what does -- it was a woman here at the university that really began that. The idea about heart and soul of hilltop garden major centers of Barbara salute or she spent 45 years of her life to."

" Create a center like this for the community as well and university so we have university students and kids coming here. And do research and be a model for all over the country."