Situated in the richly-diverse Sonoran Desert ecosystem, the campus is an outdoor classroom for students and faculty from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, and the College of Science. Students learn plant origins, botanical inter-relationships, landscape principles, and human/plant history. Moreover, the campus is an expansive resource for research in desert plants with rich potential for food, fiber, medicines, and landscape uses.

See also:

FCS Water Harvesting 2006

Herring Hall Plaza 2004

Forbes Hummingbird Garden 2003

ROTC Landscape 2003

FCS Landscape Project

Horticulture Club 2000-2001