In 1988, the Missouri Botanical Garden tore all 3,625 plastic panels from its geodesic greenhouse, the Climatron, and replaced them with glass. Glass panels require less maintenance and provide ...

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Its 79-acre spread is best known for the Climatron, a geodesic-dome greenhouse with a rain forest–like climate, dense tropical foliage, and a river aquarium teeming with fish. More than 2,800 plants ...

Jennifer Bernstein is CEO of The New York Botanical Garden. Banner image: Missouri Botanical Garden’s Climatron houses 2,800 plant species highlighting tropical rainforest biodiversity.