The Beatrice High School science club is hosting its annual spring sale this week in the school’s greenhouse. This event has been held for the past five years, and it takes place under the guidance of BHS teacher Paula Heinz. She has been managing the greenhouse and plant sale since then and expressed her desire to make sure that her students gain essential plant knowledge through this project.
The greenhouse was initiated several years ago as a grant project by Dr. Joan Christen, and it was developed into a dual-credit botany class by Heinz. She emphasizes that students are taught about plant structures and processes such as cells, transpiration, nutrients, and water requirements for photosynthesis. She aims to involve agricultural classes in the future to ensure the success of this initiative.
The plants sold at the sale are ordered from plugs from commercial greenhouses since BHS holds a distributor’s license and does not develop its own plant varieties. The selection of plants is based on new and interesting varieties that are easy to care for, which will help students learn about plant care, greenhouse maintenance, and skills that could lead to careers in landscaping, plant science, genetics, gardening or lawn care.
The sale primarily features annual bedding plants with a few perennials included. These plants are suitable for pots and landscaped beds. The sale hours are Wednesday to Friday from 3:45-5 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon. Interested individuals should park in the high school parking lot and enter through the front doors, proceeding past the main staircase to the back of the school where the greenhouse is located.
Overall, this event provides an opportunity for students to learn more about botany while also generating funds for scholarships for seniors planning to major in science in college or purchase science equipment for their classes.
In conclusion, The Beatrice High School science club hosts an annual spring sale this week at their greenhouse located at their school campus. This event has become a tradition at BHS where they sell annual bedding plants with some perennials included suitable for pots or landscaped beds.
Paula Heinz has been managing this project since she took over as head of botany class five years ago with Dr Joan Christen’s grant project starting several years ago.
Heinz emphasizes that students are taught essential knowledge about plant structures and processes such as cells, transpiration, nutrients and water requirements for photosynthesis while aiming to involve agricultural classes in future projects.
Sale hours are from Wednesday to Friday from 3:45-5 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon with interested individuals advised to park in the high school parking lot before entering through the front doors past main staircase leading towards back of school where greenhouse is located.
Overall this event provides funding opportunities such as scholarships or purchasing equipment while also teaching valuable skills related to botany
