Locally Grown & Botanical Gear
Support local and take something special home with you to remember your visit with us.
Spring Fashion Is Here
New wraps, hats, and accessories to brighten your fashion collection and bring a smile to your face.
2024 Annual Clearance Sale
75% off holiday, fall, and everyday gifts. For a limited time.
Local Jewelry Artisans
Now featuring botanical themed jewelry hand-made by local artisans. Earring & necklaces made from wood, clay, epoxy, felt and more.
Something for Baby
Now carrying small business and local baby items for littles ones!
House Plants For Purchase
A great selection of hanging baskets, succulents, cacti, and air plants for the beginner to the expert green thumb.
Giftware
Find that unique gift for someone special or treat yourself. You deserve it.
Toys for Every Generation
From marbles, jacks, and silly putty we have toys for every age.

DOWNTOWN FORT WAYNE'S PREMIER GIFT SHOP

The Conservatory Shop offers a boutique-style atmosphere filled with houseplants, home & garden essentials, unique toys & books, trendy apparel & fashion accessories, and seasonal merchandise perfect for souvenir-taking and gift-giving.  Local vendors are also featured from Fort Wayne and the surrounding area.  Beginning May 23, the outdoor Sales Garden offers a selection of perennial flowers herbs, tropical plants, flowering baskets and patio containers.  Conservatory admission is not required to shop.

HOURS:

TUESDAY 10AM - 5PM
WEDNESDAY 10AM - 5PM
THURSDAY 10AM - 8PM
FRIDAY 10AM - 5PM
SATURDAY 10AM - 5PM
SUNDAY NOON - 4PM
 CLOSED MONDAYS

 

BONSAI, THE ART & SCIENCE OF ILLUSION:

Bonsai (A tree (bon) in a tray/pot (sai))pronounced bonsai (bone-sigh), is the technique of creating an illusion; using cultivation practices like pruning, wiring, root reduction, defoliation (removing all of the leaves), potting and perhaps grafting.  The illusion being attempted is that of a large, natural looking tree that has been captured and planted in a small container. It can be grown from seeds, plant cuttings, purchased in a nursery pot, or collected from the yard, hillside or field.

Bonsai is both a science (horticulture) and an art (sculpting).  Perhaps that is why it appeals to so many people.  Whether they become interested because of the mystique of a tree, or they want to challenge themselves with a new form of growing things, the bonsai tree tends to draw people in. 

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Members of the Bonsai Club at Lawton Greenhouse