Please join the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences to celebrate the dedication of the Howard C. Brown Horticulture Greenhouse Complex at 1 p.m. on March 21 at the Cal Poly Environmental Horticulture Science Unit, Bldg. 48. 

The enhanced 18,000-square-foot ornamental horticulture facility is being named in honor of Dean Emeritus Howard Brown (Ornamental Horticulture, ’43). Brown served at Cal Poly for more than 40 years, growing the ornamental horticulture program exponentially.

Alumnus and longtime dean’s advisory council member, Charles Walton (Ornamental Horticulture, ’66), donated more than $1 million to update and modernize the complex, asking that it be named in Brown’s honor.

“Howard Brown was a bigger-than-life individual. I cannot imagine anyone else’s name that should be on the building than his,” said Walton. “There are few times in life that you can do something for someone who has meant so much to you, and this is that opportunity.”