Tropical Greenhouse with Study and Showpiece Gardens

 - The Green Heart of Rhine-Waal -

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Rhine-Waal University's Tropical Greenhouse with Study and Showpiece Gardens was established in September 2012.

The Greenhouse is used extensively in a number of ways:

  • Holding lectures for students
  • Research and practical demonstrations using climate-controlled chambers
  • Collecting and presenting tropical crops
  • Providing a realistic, hands-on demonstration of biodiversity
  • Preserving endangered plant species
  • Holding events open to the public

The Tropical Greenhouse with Study and Showpiece Gardens has a total area of 625 m2 and sits prominently on the Kleve Campus between the canteen and the library building on the Spoy Canal. It contains a seminar room, a plant room and a large climate-controlled greenhouse unit.

This unit consists of four research chambers and a main cultivation area for plants, which currently houses a collection of tropical crop plants. The climate-control functions allow us to simulate different climate zones, thus creating optimal growing conditions for a variety of different plant species. This variety not only enables students and researchers to conduct internationally-oriented projects and experiments, but also provides a practical teaching aid for students.  

Like the plants it holds, the Greenhouse itself is growing – our future expansion plans include gardens for teaching and show, a “living blackboard” and a nature trail through vegetables. An additional 1,500 mis planned and already being prepared adjacent to the greenhouse.

Director

Prof. Dr. habil. Jens Gebauer

Phone: +49 (2821) 806 73 - 218

E-mail: Jens Gebauer

Head Horticulturist

Doris Winkels

Tel.: (02821) 80673 - 9703

E-Mail: Doris Winkels

 

Franz-Josef Kuhnigk

Phone: +49 (2821) 806 73 - 639

E-mail: Franz-Josef Kuhnigk

Coordination of sustainability education

Ruth Minor

Tel.: (02821) 80673 - 9938

E-Mail: Ruth Minor - Coordination, Guided tours

 

Sandra Neumann

Tel.: (02821) 80673 - 9783

E-Mail:  Sandra Neumann - Coordination, Guided tours

 

Teamleiter

Prof. Dr. Florian Wichern (u.a. FÖJ-Verantwortlicher, Professor für Bodenkunde)

 

Voluntary Ecological Year

Nina Kloss

Peter Breidenbach

For more information about the voluntary ecological year (FÖJ), click here.

Events

Natur und Tropen erleben in den Ferien

Führung im Tropenhaus Kleve, mit Barfuß- und Duftlehrpfad
Campus Kleve

Workshop: Insekten und die Zukunft unserer Ernährung

Was alleinstehende Damen und das britische Militär mit einem vollen Frühstückstisch zu tun haben
Campus Kleve