Just over a year ago, Michigan State University leaders broke ground on transformative renovations taking place at the MSU Plant Science Research Greenhouse Facility located at the corner of Farm Lane and Wilson Road. As work continues to be done at the facility, its progress is clear and evident when passing by.

In April, construction wrapped up at the greenhouses’ new headhouse, the hub supporting the entire complex, allowing the facility’s team to move in and the building to open.

The facility’s old headhouse only held staff offices, a conference room and an equipment workshop that also acted as a lunchroom. In comparison, the new headhouse hosts multiple workstations that contribute to cutting-edge research happening across the greenhouses, including a conference room, equipment workshop, soil mixing and fertilizer room, plant photography room, potting room, pot- and root-wash rooms, vernalization room, and pesticide mixing and storage rooms