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- The Barbara Cox Center for Sustainable Horticulture engages the community with opportunities for experiential learning about sustainability and horticulture to improve quality of life and to effect positive change in the world.
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The greenhouses and other spaces used by staff and volunteers to propagate seedlings for reforestation and other restoration and garden projects have been renovated and made more energy efficient, including through rain water collection for use in operations.
The Barbara Cox Center for Sustainable Horticulture engages the community with opportunities for experiential learning about sustainability and horticulture to improve quality of life and to effect positive change in the world. This working facility showcases methods for growing plants critical for maintaining your MetroParks, from tree seeds ...
May 4, 2016 · Inside the greenhouse of the new Barbara Cox Center for Sustainable Horticulture at Cox Arboretum MetroPark, Marga Huban, Bruce Fox and Jim Facette were among those who sifted through soil to...
May 4, 2016 · Starting today, visitors to Cox Arboretum MetroPark can see firsthand just how Five Rivers MetroParks is working to preserve nature’s resources.
An underground water cistern captures rainwater and greenhouse water for later reuse. Interpretive signage will be used to guide the public through the space, showing the efforts the arboretum has taken to reuse, refurbish and recycle for the Barbara Cox Center for Sustainable Horticulture.
May 2, 2016 · 1. THE CENTER SUPPORTS PRESERVATION. One of the center's goals is to fight a decline in the tree population due to climate change and invasive species including the emerald ash borer, as well as preserving wildflowers that have been displaced or threatened due to development and other factors.
Rescued wildflowers flourish outside the new Barbara Cox Center for Sustainable Horticulture at Cox Arboretum MetroPark.
