Tropical Forest Blog
Since its construction in 2006, our state-of-the-art Tropical Forest Conservatory has undergone major redesigns every three years to showcase the ecology of tropical forest regions around the world. As part of the three-year planning and design process behind our new Tropical Forest exhibit, Phipps staff members are traveling to Panama to study first-hand the region’s biodiversity hotspots, natural resources and culture. Follow their adventures!
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Jun 142016Organic Farming and Indigenous Art in Cuba
This morning, we toured Alamar Organoponic Gardens, which is about five acres of tended farms with 150 seasonal workers. Isis, an agronomist and leader at the farm who lives on site with her family, explained that the farm is like...
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Jun 132016National Botanical Garden of Cuba
We started our day with a visit to the National Botanical Garden, an educational and research-based garden with collections of endemic Cuban plants along with Asian, African and desert collections. In the mid-1960s, Fidel Castro...
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Jun 122016Hello from Havana
As part of the three-year planning and design process behind our upcoming Tropical Forest exhibit, Dr. Emily Kalnicky and Jordyn Melino are traveling to Cuba to study first-hand the region’s biodiversity hotspots, natural...
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Feb 242015Tropical Forest Congo: The Movie?
We are happy to announce that Tropical Forest Congo has opened! The new exhibit reflects years of research, planning, and hard work. Over two thirds of the plant material in this space has been replaced with new plants native or...
