Mike Winterstein. Join Mike Winterstein to learn about Walter Swingle, David Fairchild and the start of the USDA plant introduction programs. Discover why Chapman Field, a former WWI airfield, was selected for the site of a Plant Introduction Garden, now called the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (SHRS). See some of the infrastructure built by the Civilian Conservations Corps (CCC), including modern ruins designed to protect tropical crops. The SHRS is located in Miami, Florida and is an important part of the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS).
History of the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station
