Popular Activities and Attractions
AGRIscapes
Located on forty acres at Cal Poly Pomona, AGRIscapes integrates and showcases farming and urban landscaping practices that are sustainable— environmentally beneficial, economically viable, and technologically sound. AGRIscapes promotes agricultural and environmental literacy through research, education, and demonstrations of alternative methods to grow food, conserve water, reduce energy needs and recycle agricultural and urban waste for resource efficiency and community enhancement.
The AGRIscapes Visitors Center is open to the public for self-guided tours Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Visitors Center is also available for guided tours and special events in the evenings and on weekends. For information, fee schedule, and availability, please call (909) 869-6722.
BioTrek
BioTrek is an educational enterprise of the Biological Sciences Department of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. In its greenhouse, garden, and labs, it brings to students and the public both hands-on and electronic educational experiences of the tropical rainforest, aquatic environments of the tropics and California, and California indigenous plants and people.
Tour reservations: Tim Shoemaker (909) 869-6701
Reservations are currently not available by e-mail.
General information: (909) 869-6701 or biotrek@csupomona.edu.
John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies
The John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies (The Lyle Center) is an interdisciplinary university-based setting for education, demonstration and research in regenerative and sustainable systems. Students from all disciplines on campus can participate in courses and a community of up to 20 residents lives on the site working with regenerative systems as part of their daily lives. The term "regenerative" was chosen for the Lyle Center to emphasize the intention of the design to restore natural systems, not merely sustain them, while integrating the needs of the human community.
The design of the 16 acre site provides a living laboratory for faculty, students and visitors to study passive solar designed buildings, renewable energy capture, water recycling, nutrient cycling, food growing systems, aquaculture (fish production), native habitat and human communities. All of these systems have implications for human society.
Tours are led by residents, staff and faculty and arrangements must be made in advance. If you would like to make a reservation for a visit or tour, please call (909) 869-5155 or e-mail at crs@csupomona.edu.
Kellogg Arabian Horse Library
The W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library is a collection of Arabian horse materials located at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. The collection mainly consists of books and periodicals, both current and out-of-print, dealing with the Arabian horse. The Library attempts to collect and preserve all types of Arabian horse information whether in printed or non-printed format, and includes books, pamphlets, art work, brochures, newsletters, videotapes, magazines, newspapers, photographs, letters, manuscripts, and reports. The collection is intended to be used as a research facility by University students and personnel as well as interested persons outside the academic community.
To access the Library, contact Melissa Paul, Curator, at (909) 869-3081 or via e-mail at mjpaul@csupomona.edu.
Kellogg House Pomona
Before it became Kellogg House Pomona, the building was once Mr. Kellogg's west coast home. Having changed custody many times over the years, the history of the Kellogg estate, including its world-renowned Arabian horse stable, is as colorful as the man himself and he ultimately established the location of what would be the sixteenth campus in the California State University system: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, or more commonly called Cal Poly Pomona. A meticulous restoration process has returned the grounds and interior decor to their original character.
The House is available for events, conferences and tours. For more information call (909) 869-2272.
Theater Mainstage
Visit the Theater Department's Homepage for information on current and up-and-coming shows.
Music Peformances
Vist the Music Department's Homepage for information on current and up-and-coming performances.
Rose Float
In it's 61st year, the Cal Poly universities, Pomona and San Luis Obispo, work together to select the design, share the expenses, build their assigned parts of the float, grow selected flowers and spend the last three weeks of December finishing the float at the Pomona and Pasadena sites. It is the only float entry designed, constructed, decorated and financed entirely by students. The Cal Poly rose float has won 46 awards, including nine Founder's Trophies for best volunteer float. In 2008, the float "Guardians of Harmony" was honored with the Fantasy Award. Visit the Rose Float Homepage for information on current and past floats.
W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center
