In a note published by the newspaper La Estrella de Valparaíso, PUCV biologist Salvador Donghi tells how the experience of the Plant Laboratory allows replicating vegetational floors typical of the V coastal region, in order to incorporate the native flora of the area in the green areas of the region. In addition, Luis Álvarez, professor of the Institute of Geography of the PUCV and Master in Urbanism, adds that the idea of investigating the vegetational floor of Viña del Mar through the Plant Laboratory is “to know how we can extrapolate the natural systems to the ‘artificial’ systems, which would be the future and new gardens of the city” Almost a hectare and a half cultivated gives life to the “Plant Laboratory”, an experience that seeks to reproduce species that we had and lost. Although it may seem unusual, precisely in almost a hectare and a half of the adjacent land known as that of the former oil companies in Las Salinas, is located a “vegetable laboratory”, something like an inventory that aims to reproduce plant species that we had and that with the passage of time were disappearing. Salvador Donghi, a biology graduate from the PUCV and representative of the Bioconsultora Simbiosis, tells how it was that after a discussion with landscapers, the idea of giving life to the Plant Laboratory arose. Luis Álvarez, professor of the Institute of Geography of the PUCV and Master in Urbanism, adds that the idea of investigating the vegetational floor of Viña del Mar through the Plant Laboratory is “to know how we can extrapolate the natural systems to the ‘artificial’ systems, which would be the future and new gardens of the city”.
