Facilities

The Plant Biology faculty and graduate student offices and research labs are housed in two buildings on the main campus; Spaulding Life Sciences and Rudman Hall. Both are modern buildings with state of the art labs and teaching facilities.

The Department also has access to two University owned and operated farms where field experiments are conducted.  Woodman Farm- is located 0.8 mile from the main campus and consists of open fields, apple orchards and greenhouse facilities.

Kingman Farm is located two miles from campus.  A large farmhouse and several utility sheds house field equipment.  Vegetable crops and apple orchards are maintained here.

The University also operates 5 greenhouses located at the edge of campus within easy walking distance of Rudman and Spaulding.

Jackson Estuarine Laboratory is located 5 miles from campus on the Great Bay Estuary. Jackson lab supports research in estuarine and marine studies.

The Hodgdon Herbarium is located in Spaulding Hall, with two major collections -- vascular plants and marine macroalgae.

The Young Plant Center has glass greenhouses with computer-controlled temperature, HPS lighting, underbench heating, irrigation, and CO2 injection capability. The greenhouses are being renovated for propagation and stock plant management.