Growing a Greener World Episode 104 - Phipps Conservatory-The Greenest in the World

Over 100 years ago, wealthy businessman Henry Phipps built the Phipps Conservatory as a gift to the city of Pittsburg at the height of our nations industrial revolution. Little if any attention was given to the conservation of natural resources at a time when those seemed unlimited. Today Phipps has become a model for public gardens and conservatories around the world for sustainable building practices, energy conservation and eco-friendly methods. In the process they’ve earned the distinction of being “America’s Greenest Garden” and the greenest conservatory in the world. Fifty million people visit public gardens each year for inspiration and learning. “There’s a tremendous opportunity to help change gardening practices, which are very wasteful of energy and produce a lot of pollution, especially the way people misuse fertilizers and pesticides” according to Executive Director, Richard Piacentini; “Who better to get the message across than public gardens”. And what better place to tell the story than Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden?

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