NASA is planning to grow basil, turnips and Arabidopsis on the Moon. The experiment, which will commence in 2015, will test whether plants can thrive in partial gravity and in a controlled environment. If the experiment succeeds, setting aluminium greenhouses on the Moon could soon be a reality(via Science Alert/fb)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/11/25/nasa-plans-to-grow-first-plants-on-the-moon/#.UpXFXdKsiSq