Locally Grown & Botanical Gear
Support local and take something special home with you to remember your visit with us.
Plants For Purchase
A great selection of hanging baskets, common & unique house plants, air plants, cactus, and succulents for the beginner to the expert green thumb.
Local Goodies & Dip Kits
Stock up on your local goodies and new dip kits for your Holiday Season Dinners. Don't forget the cocktail mixes.
Toys For All Ages
Featuring new learning, sensory, plus volcano & dinosaur themed toys for our new showcase, The Floor is Lava.

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