The purple glowing building attached to the eastern side of the Integrated Science Center is Concordia’s very own greenhouse. A collaborative space full of various plant and aquatic life, the greenhouse has served as a center point of the campus. A few years ago, Strands worked with Concordia student Ian Scheele who graduated in 2024…
The scent of damp earth and growing things catches in your nostrils, circulated by the fans that hum at both ends of the new structure. April sunlight filters through the dual-ply plastic that puckers and billows in the wind, rattling like a snake: spring has come early to the high tunnel. “[The season] has been…
Construction has started on a solar high tunnel greenhouse, which will extend the growing season long enough for classrooms to be involved with Concordia’s garden project, according to Ken Foster, the chair of President William Craft’s sustainability council. “The main purpose [of the tunnel] is to provide educational opportunities for students,” Foster said. “There is…