botany

December 4, 2021

A biology student wearing denim overalls and a cloth mask carries a large pot through a greenhouse.

Room to grow

The Biology plant collection settles into its new home, a state-of-the-art greenhouse.


December 1, 1999

Botany legend dies

Bastiaan J.D. Meeuse was a UW botany professor whose five decades of research on the exotic but stinky voodoo lily resulted in numerous contributions to science.


March 1, 1999

Bloom and gloom

As the cherries age and die, the UW faces the challenge of preserving a ‘magic’ space.


March 1, 1997

Monkey business: The story of the UW Medicinal Herb Garden and its guardians

In the 66 years they have rested atop twin 12-foot poles at the entrance of the UW's Medicinal Herb Garden, two guardian monkeys have repeatedly been sitting ducks to vandals.