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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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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...

Hannah Adams holds a shovel while standing alongside her vegetable garden project that she created during quarantine in Berkeley on Oct. 4, 2020. (Emily Curiel / Xpress Media)

During quarantine, Adams says that having plants helps with mental and physical health. “It has absolutely helped me out! Even outside of the pandemic, they provide me clean air, they provide me a sense of stability, something to nurture and love and take care of. I would say regarding my vegetable garden that I just started it was definitely a wonderful quarantine project to keep myself preoccupied and off my phone. And really spend time in solitude just with momma Earth.”

Plant parents

Emily Curiel, Photo Editor
October 26, 2020

 

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