2026-03-31 16:51:15 -07:00
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html lang = "en" >
< head >
< title > About the Beall Greenhouses | the historic Beall Greenhouses< / title >
< meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >
< meta charset = "utf-8" >
<!-- Meta -->
< link rel = "icon" type = "image/x-icon" href = "/favicon.ico" >
< link rel = "canonical" href = "/" >
< meta name = "description" content = "the historic Beall Greenhouses" >
< meta name = "robots" content = "index,follow" >
< meta property = "og:title" content = "About the Beall Greenhouses | the historic Beall Greenhouses" >
< meta property = "og:type" content = "article" >
< meta property = "og:url" content = "/" >
< meta property = "og:description" content = "the historic Beall Greenhouses" >
< meta property = "og:image" content = "/assets/img/logo.jpg" >
< meta property = "og:image:alt" content = "block print in black and orange of a rufous hummingbird in flight with tail flared. the hummingbird holds a banner that reads 'become ungovernable.'" >
< meta name = "generator" content = "Eleventy v3.1.5" >
<!-- CSS -->
< style > : r o o t {
color-scheme: light dark;
--color-concrete: #e5e0c7;
--color-concrete-alt: #d1cbab;
--color-green: #142b15;
--color-green-alt: #1a3b1b;
--color-teal-light: #4ba19e;
--color-teal-dark: #0c6a74;
--color-bg: light-dark(var(--color-concrete), var(--color-green));
--color-text: light-dark(var(--color-green), var(--color-concrete));
--color-bg-alt: light-dark(var(--color-concrete-alt), var(--color-green-alt));
--color-text-alt: light-dark(var(--color-green-alt), var(--color-concrete-alt));
--color-accent: light-dark(var(--color-teal-dark), var(--color-teal-light));
--color-accent-flipped: light-dark(var(--color-teal-light), var(--color-teal-dark));
}
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
background-color: var(--color-text);
color: var(--color-bg);
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
min-height: 100vh;
}
#content {
background-color: var(--color-bg);
color: var(--color-text);
width: 100%;
flex-grow: 1;
border-radius: 0 0 2rem 2rem;
padding: 1rem 0 2rem;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
.dark-mode {
display: none;
}
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
.light-mode {
display: none;
}
}
header,
main {
width: 65%;
margin: 0 auto 1rem;
}
@media (max-width: 750px) {
header,
main {
width: 92%;
}
}
@media (min-width: 2000px) {
header,
main {
width: 45%;
}
}
img {
display: block;
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
color: var(--color-text-alt);
}
h1,
h2 {
font-family: 'Bellota', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
text-align: center;
margin: 2rem 0;
font-size: 2.2rem;
}
h2 {
margin: 2rem 0 0;
font-size: 1.65rem;
}
h2,
h3 {
border-bottom: .25rem solid var(--color-accent);
}
a {
color: var(--color-text);
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration-style: solid;
text-decoration-thickness: .25rem;
text-decoration-color: var(--color-accent);
transition: text-decoration-thickness .5s;
border-radius: .1rem;
outline-offset: .1rem;
}
a:hover,
a:active {
text-decoration-thickness: .5rem;
}
a:focus-visible {
text-decoration: none;
outline: solid .25rem var(--color-accent);
}
main p,
main ul {
padding: .8rem;
line-height: 1.5rem;
}
main li {
margin-left: 1rem;
}
main li:not(:last-child) {
padding: 0 0 .5rem;
}
/* styles for sets of < p > s under an h2/3/etc vs alone
this is done as a class rather than just h2 + p to accomodate
for multi-< p > segments which can then be wrapped in < div > s */
.under-header,
.no-header {
background-color: var(--color-bg-alt);
}
.under-header {
border-radius: 0 0 1rem 1rem;
margin-left: 2.5rem;
}
@media (max-width: 750px) {
.under-header {
margin-left: 1.25rem;
}
}
.no-header {
border-radius: 1rem;
}
.two-col {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
gap: 1rem;
}
.two-col > * {
place-self: start center;
}
@media (max-width: 950px) {
.two-col {
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
}
/* top nav */
nav {
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto 1.5rem;
display: grid;
grid-template: "logo nav";
grid-template-rows: 7rem;
grid-template-columns: 7rem auto;
background-image: url("/greenhouse.jpg");
background-size: cover;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
border-radius: 2rem .25rem .25rem 2rem;
}
nav a {
margin: 0;
}
nav a:not(:has(img)) {
display: inline-block;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 1.2rem;
padding: 0 .25rem;
border: solid .125rem var(--color-accent);
border-radius: .25rem;
background-color: var(--color-bg);
}
@media (any-hover: hover) {
nav a:not(:has(img)):hover {
color: var(--color-bg);
background-color: var(--color-text-alt);
border-color: var(--color-accent-flipped);
outline: .125rem solid var(--color-accent);
outline-offset: 0;
}
}
nav a:not(:has(img)):focus-visible {
outline: solid .125rem var(--color-accent);
outline-offset: .125rem;
}
#skip {
left: -999px;
position: absolute;
top: auto;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: -99;
}
#skip:focus-visible {
left: -6rem;
width: auto;
height: auto;
overflow: auto;
z-index: 999;
}
@media (max-width: 750px) {
#skip:focus-visible {
left: 5rem;
}
}
nav img {
max-height: 100%;
margin: 0;
border-radius: 2rem;
border: .2rem solid var(--color-accent);
}
@media (any-hover: hover) {
nav img:hover {
border-color: var(--color-accent-flipped);
outline-offset: 0;
outline: .2rem solid var(--color-accent);
}
}
nav a:has(img) {
grid-area: logo;
justify-self: start;
}
nav a:has(img):focus-visible {
border-radius: 2rem;
outline-offset: .2rem;
outline: .2rem solid var(--color-accent);
}
nav a:has(img):focus-visible img {
outline: none;
}
nav ul {
grid-area: nav;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
align-items: flex-end;
flex-flow: column nowrap;
}
nav li {
list-style: none;
}
/* footer */
footer {
width: 95%;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 1rem 0;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
@media (max-width: 750px) {
footer {
flex-flow: column;
}
}
footer p {
background-color: var(--color-text);
color: var(--color-bg);
text-align: center;
font-size: .9rem;
padding: .25rem;
}
@media (min-width: 751px) {
footer p:nth-child(2)::before {
content: "● " / "";
}
footer p:nth-child(2)::after {
content: " ●" / "";
}
}
footer a {
color: var(--color-bg);
text-decoration-color: var(--color-accent-flipped);
}
footer a:focus-visible {
outline-color: var(--color-accent-flipped);
}< / style >
<!-- JS -->
< script type = "module" > < / script >
<!-- Font -->
< link rel = "preconnect" href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com" >
< link rel = "preconnect" href = "https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin = "" >
< link href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bellota:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,700;1,300;1,400;1,700&display=swap" rel = "stylesheet" >
< / head >
< body >
< div id = "content" >
< header >
< nav title = "background image shows the peak of a dilapidated greenhouse in black and white" >
< a href = "#main" title = "skip to main content" aria-label = "skip to main content" id = "skip" >
skip ↷< / a >
< a href = "/" aria-label = "Beall Greenhouses home" title = "Beall Greenhouses home" >
< img src = "/img/pZQvBRGd3A-500.jpeg" alt = "block print in black and orange of a rufous hummingbird in flight with tail flared. the hummingbird holds a banner that reads 'become ungovernable.'" loading = "lazy" decoding = "async" width = "500" height = "500" >
< / a >
< ul >
< li >
< a href = "/about/" title = "About the Beall Greenhouses" aria-current = "page" >
ⓘ about
< / a >
< / li >
< li >
< a href = "/events/" title = "Events at the Beall Greenhouses" >
🗓 events
< / a >
< / li >
< li >
< a href = "/artists/" title = "Artists in residence at the Beall Greenhouses" >
🖌 artists
< / a >
< / li >
< / ul >
< / nav >
< / header >
< main id = "main" >
< h1 > About the Beall Greenhouses< / h1 >
< div class = "no-header" >
< p > < a href = "https://www.historylink.org/File/2346" target = "_blank" >
Read about the Beall Greenhouses on HistoryLink.org
< / a > < / p >
< / div >
< / main >
< / div >
< footer >
< p > questions?
< a href = "mailto:beall.greenhouses@gmail.com" > email us!< / a >
< / p >
< p > brought to you in 2026< / p >
< p > < a href = "/attribution/" > site attribution< / a > < / p >
< / footer >
2026-04-11 19:39:25 -07:00
<!-- This page `/about/` was built on 2026 - 04 - 12T02:39:09.140Z -->
2026-03-31 16:51:15 -07:00
< / body >
< / html >
