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Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Elliot Levin tends to a tropical pitcher plant in the greenhouse at San Francisco State University on Monday, September 23, 2024. (Jesus Arriaga / Xpress Magazine)

A “Living Library”: Going down the vine of SF State’s greenhouse

Jonah Chambliss, Multimedia Editor
October 16, 2024

Nestled away at the top of SF State’s campus, an unassuming building houses thousands of plants from across the world. Some are endangered species while others are completely unknown and uncategorized...

Elliot Levin, the greenhouse manager at SFSU, is seen near some
diplacus aurantiacus flowers, also known as near the SF State greenhouse on Aug. 30, 2023.
(Neal Wong/Xpress Magazine)

San Francisco’s Native Flora: A Photo Essay

Sydney Williams, Social Media Editor
October 2, 2023

Elliot Levin is an SF State alumnus who graduated in 2018. He has been working full-time as the coordinator since 2020 for the campus greenhouse, located behind the science building. “I wear a lot of...

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