Welcome to Sir Francis Drake High School's insulated cold frame at the University of California’s White Mountain Research Station (elevation 12,470’)

A cold frame is a miniature greenhouse. Ours is higher than any other test plot, greenhouse, cold frame, farm, or garden in California. In fact, it is probably the highest cultivated place in all of North America.

We have two other projects here. Read about our worldwide array of artificial hypoliths and our Bristlecone Pine twisting project.

Our thanks to the many people and organizations who have helped, advised and inspired us, given us seeds and tubers, and funded this project! Here is a complete list.

We need friends of Drake High who pass through the Owens Valley in the summer and fall to help us monitor the condition of the cold frame. If you want to get involved or offer expertise, see Michael Wing in room 414, Drake High School, mwing@tamdistrict.org

This project was featured on the front page of the Marin Independent Journal on September 4, 2008.
It was also written up in the WMRS News in 2009.

Part of our 2009 harvest from the cold frame