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Brenaus new greenhouse harbors a future for horticulturists, endangered plants
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Brenau University Assistant Professor of Biology Jessi Shrout, right, and student Jordan Wallace work with black-stem spleenwort ferns inside the school greenhouse Wednesday afternoon.
A group of Brenau University students and staff have plant growing down to a science — literally. Their success is due in part to their new outdoor lab, the Bilyeu Bio-Science Greenhouse. "We really had a big need for this," said Jessi Shrout, Brenau biology professor and director of the university’s endangered plant program.