Welcoming the first plant

The Spheres’ first plant resident was an Australian tree fern, Cyathea australis by name. Amazon Horticulture chose this particular specimen because it is one of their collection’s very first plants. It also was the first of many plant donations from our collaborative partners at the University of Washington botany greenhouse. The tree fern was first added to the collection in late 2014 and was grown and cared for at Horticulture’s offsite greenhouse until its delivery to The Spheres on May 4, 2017. Today, this plant continues to thrive in the Fernery, the garden on the second floor of the 6^th Avenue sphere.