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The Greenhouse is a popular teaching tool for University of Washington courses. About 6,000 undergraduates in Biology, Forestry, Landscape Architecture, and Art classes visited the Greenhouse in the 2006-2007 school year.

After tours, students often stop by the Greenhouse in between classes. Unlike an art museum, whose exhibits change only a few times a year, the Greenhouse is ever changing, with plants coming into bloom, leaves turning, and fruits ripening year round.