Rare Plant Greenhouse

What’s at Stake

The Zoo works to conserve a living collection of animals and plants – many that are rare and endangered. Exotic plants confiscated by the US Department of Agriculture are sometime rare or endangered species that are cared for by the Zoo as part of a conservation strategy.

The San Francisco Zoo provides over one million visitors each year with unique recreational and educational experiences based on its attractively landscaped grounds and animal habitats such as the African Savanna and the South American Tropical Forest.

Taking Action

The Zoo recently purchase and installed an aluminum green house, which will be used to:

• Receive and care for exotic plants confiscated by the US Department of Agriculture,
• Conserve and propagate other rare and endangered plant species, and to
• Conduct plant research.

The broadly expanded botanical collection, including rare orchids, carnivorous plants, bromeliads and other unusual plants, will enable the Zoo to embellish and beautify its animal habitats, grounds and gardens, and to present nature’s wonderful biodiversity.

The Project will dramatically improve the “visitor experience” offered by the Zoo, and promote the Zoo’s vision toward becoming a world-class, living, natural science park: The San Francisco Zoological and Botanical Gardens.