Social Life of Land class visits the Conservatory

Cooper (left) shows orchids to students in Wolford’s (right) class.

Wendy Wolford, the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development in the Department of Development Sociology and Vice Provost for International Affairs, brought students from her Social Life of Land (DSOC 6620) class for a tour of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory February 22.

CUAES greenhouse grower Paul Cooper introduced Wolford’s students to the plant collection and explained the features of the greenhouse and how greenhouses at  Cornell have been used to support research, teaching and outreach since the 1880s.