Skardon garden is the site of the University’s glasshouse facilities. With three Tomtech computerised glasshouses and various outside plots, this is where the plants are grown for laboratory practicals and undergraduate and postgraduate research studies. The glasshouses are also home to a collection of tropical plant species that are used to aid teaching of biodiversity, evolution and adaptation in the plant kingdom. These include carnivorous plants such as pitcher plants and the Venus flytrap and epiphytes species such as bromeliads, orchids and the infamous Monstera sp. or ‘Cheese plant’ and various ‘air plants’ (Tilandsia spp.).
Skardon Garden
At the University of Plymouth
