The Method Road Greenhouse facilities are designed to meet the varied needs of research and education in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In addition to houses that are environmentally controlled for temperature and lighting conditions to grow plants for research and education purposes, specialized sections are available for transgenic research, herbicide studies, radioactive labeling studies, ozone regulation, plant propagation, and isolation of insect and disease pathogens. Most houses have benches for plant studies, but ground beds are also available to allow plants to grow under more natural conditions. Benches outfitted with mist chambers are available for plant propagation and disease progression research.

The greenhouses at Method Road were constructed by NC State University in 1983 and encompasses more than 75,000 square feet of controlled environmental space. These facilities are supplemented by three existing greenhouse sections that are exclusively used by the weed science faculty for herbicide uptake and radioactive labeling studies. Additional greenhouses are maintained by USDA scientists for plant physiology and plant breeding investigations. The complex was expanded with three more ranges of greenhouses during the summer of 2001. These greenhouses have state-of-the-art environmental controls for heating, cooling and lighting. Several sections also have the capacity to maintain cool temperatures even during the hot summer months of North Carolina. Projects in the Crop Science Department utilize more than a third of the greenhouse facilities for research and education.