{"id":391,"date":"2008-03-21T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T03:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=391"},"modified":"2020-12-25T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T00:42:15","slug":"the-lawton-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/03\/21\/the-lawton-greenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lawton Greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like myself, you&#8217;re ready for\u00c2\u00a0Spring and all the things that go with it: green grass, sprouting leaves on the trees and of course all the beautiful flowers.\u00c2\u00a0 Recently, I visited the Lawton Greenhouse to visit and find out what happens in the greenhouse.\u00c2\u00a0 My ulterior motive was to whet my appetite for the upcoming season of flowers.<\/p>\n<p>I met with Lynda Heavrin at the Greenhouse on March 10, 2008 for a quick tour and lots of photos of the various flowers and foliage. The Greenhouse raises flowers for the Botanical Conservatory, Parks in Fort Wayne, the Mother&#8217;s Day Plant Sale, The Tulip Tree Gift Shop, School Children&#8217;s Plant and Vegetable Association, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kidszoo.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and the Annual Plant Sale at the Foellinger Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The Greenhouse facilities are made up of several different sections.\u00c2\u00a0 The biggest section in the middle of the facility is 40 years old.\u00c2\u00a0 The basic design of greenhouses hasn&#8217;t changed much over the years, so the facilities serve their purpose at the moment.\u00c2\u00a0 The plastic that forms the roof of the greenhouses is changed every four or five years.\u00c2\u00a0 Plants are grown from seeds and\u00c2\u00a0cuttings from\u00c2\u00a0plants.\u00c2\u00a0 The displays are planned in advance and are often elborate in design as in evidence at Freimann Square or the Lakeside Park Rose Gardens to mention a couple of venues.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My hat is off to the folks at the Greenhouse and the Parks department for\u00c2\u00a0the beautiful displays that sustain us through the grey summer months!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/46696.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers in full bloom\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/46723.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers in full bloom\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/46788.jpg\" alt=\"The foliage in the Greenhouse\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Full photos from the Greenhouse<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like myself, you&#8217;re ready for\u00c2\u00a0Spring and all the things that go with it: green grass, sprouting leaves on the trees and of course all the beautiful flowers.\u00c2\u00a0 Recently, I visited the Lawton Greenhouse to visit and find out what happens in the greenhouse.\u00c2\u00a0 My ulterior motive was to whet my appetite for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[285],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-lawton-greenhouse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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