But, it's too late, they are already damaged. A popular lunch spot will soon be razed with several resident plants. An effort is being made to salvage as many as possible, but the larger ones will not be moving to the new research oriented greenhouse. A display greenhouse is part of the plan for the prospective new science building. This doesn't console Coleman however, who feels that every effort should be made to save the century plant from being bulldozed with the rest of the building.
Someone needs to speak up for it.
I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that plant doesn't die. That plant is beautiful and shouldn't die just because they can't figure a way to move it. The battle over the fate of the century plant will certainly continue, but several spider plants will be lost in the demolition also unless students and faculty take time to go and dig them out. McBride says that if people bring their own pots and dirt and are willing to dig up some of the many spider plants in the greenhouse, they may have them for free. Three weeks remain before the demolition and mornings are the best time to remove the plants.